Screening secondary school students in the Gaza Strip for β- thalassaemia trait

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 279-283

  Sirdah, M ^a   Bilto, Y Y ^a   El Jabour, S ^b   Najjar, Kh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

thatassaemia trait; Gaza Strip; Iron deficiency; Mathematical formulas; Microcytosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MICROCYTOSIS; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 0031784039     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1998.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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