Iron deficiency is neglected in women's health
Mean values mask anomalies in distribution and are inappropriate to evaluate the issues we have raised. Since women menstruate, men would be expected to have higher mean haemoglobin concentrations because they can attain higher upper limits, so the 10g/l difference found by Waalen et al was not unex...
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Published in | BMJ Vol. 325; no. 7373; pp. 1176 - 1177 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
British Medical Association
16.11.2002
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Edition | International edition |
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Summary: | Mean values mask anomalies in distribution and are inappropriate to evaluate the issues we have raised. Since women menstruate, men would be expected to have higher mean haemoglobin concentrations because they can attain higher upper limits, so the 10g/l difference found by Waalen et al was not unexpected. |
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Bibliography: | SourceType-Other Sources-1 content type line 63 ObjectType-Correspondence-1 ObjectType-Commentary-2 |
ISSN: | 0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833 |
DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1176/a |