Hemoglobin concentration and anemia diagnosis in venous and capillary blood: biological basis and policy implications

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1450, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 172-189

  Neufeld, Lynnette M ^a   Larson, Leila M ^a,b   Kurpad, Anura ^c   Mburu, Sheila ^d   Martorell, Reynaldo ^e   Brown, Kenneth H ^f  

^a GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

anemia; capillary; diagnosis; hemoglobin; venous

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; BLOOD; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

ANEMIA; DATA COLLECTION; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS;

EID: 85068058531     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14139     Document Type: Review

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