Knowledge of sickle-cell in a screened population

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-93

  Dyson, Simon ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community education; Counselling; Knowledge; Screening; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031478864     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1997.tb00103.x     Document Type: Article

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