RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Plasma iron values in National Blood Transfusion Service donors
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 680
OP 682
DO 10.1136/jcp.22.6.680
VO 22
IS 6
A1 E. A. French
A1 Pushpa K. Sitlani
YR 1969
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/22/6/680.abstract
AB Haemoglobin, haematocrit, and plasma iron values were estimated on blood samples collected from 100 male and 113 female National Blood Transfusion Service blood donors, and from 83 male and 66 female age-matched control subjects. No significant differences in any of these values were found to exist between the donors and controls, and it is considered that the serum or plasma iron level is unsuitable for use as a screening test of early iron deficiency in donors.