Global epidemiology of hemoglobin disorders

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 850, Issue , 1998, Pages 251-269

  Angastiniotis, Michael ^a   Modell, Bernadette ^b  

^a Archbishop Makarios III Hospital   (Cyprus)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN S;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; THALASSEMIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0031855380     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10482.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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