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The inhabitants of tropical areas of the world respond to challenges to the blood forming tissues in the same way as those living in temperate regions. Healthy inhabitants of the tropics should have haemoglobin values in the same range as people in temperate countries (World Health Organisation Report 1968).
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Huntsman, R.G., Jenkins, G.C. (1973). Blood Diseases in the Tropics. In: Tropical Pathology. Spezielle pathologische Anatomie, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00226-1_21
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