Laboratory reference values for healthy adults from southern Tanzania
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Laboratory reference values for healthy adults from southern Tanzania.
OBJECTIVES To define and discuss reference ranges for commonly determined laboratory parameters in healthy adults from southern Tanzania. METHODS A population-based sample of adult volunteers from Mbeya, Tanzania, who were not HIV positive or showing signs and symptoms of other diseases, participated in this study. We enrolled 145 women and 156 men between 19 and 48 years of age to determine ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine & International Health
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1360-2276
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02047.x