Methods and analyzers for hemoglobin measurement in clinical laboratories and field settings

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1450, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 147-171

  Whitehead, Ralph D ^a   Mei, Zuguo ^a   Mapango, Carine ^b   Jefferds, Maria Elena D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; blood collection; clinical; field; hemoglobin; variability

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DEVICES; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS;

EID: 85067070648     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14124     Document Type: Review

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