Hematology

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According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, Hematology (which can also be spelled haematology) is the, "branch of medical science concerned with the nature, function, and diseases of the blood."

Blood transports oxygen and hormones, supplies cells with nutrients, and removes waste. Blood also helps to regulate body temperature, protects the body from losing too much blood by clotting, and white blood cells assist the immune system.

Hematology. (n.d.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved June 21, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/science/hematology

InformedHealth.org [Internet]. Cologne, Germany: Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG); 2006-. What does blood do? 2010 Jan 21 [Updated 2015 Jan 7]. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279392/

Below are some of the suggested databases for locating scholarly articles pertaining to hematology.  

If you would like to see the full list of databases available to Touro students, click here. Once there, you can narrow your database options to ones most likely to contain information about hematology by choosing Health Sciences in the drop down menu.

• European Medical Journal: Hematology
• Hematology
• Haematologica
• Hematology Reports
• Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
• Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy

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The items below are just a sampling of the many titles available:

• Benign Hematology (Cleveland Clinic)
• Blood Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Blood Disorders (MedlinePlus/U.S. National Library of Medicine)
• Blood Disorders (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Blood Disorders Glossary (University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics)
• Glossary - Hematology and Blood Disorders in Children (Stanford Children's Hospital)
• Hematology (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
• Rare Blood Disorders (Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Medical Cancer Center)
• Types of Blood Disorders in Children and Teens (Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center)
• Symptoms of Blood Disorders (Merck and the Merck Manuals)
• American Society of Hematology
• The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)