Prevalence of thalassaemia in schoolchildren in north-eastern Badia, Jordan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1165-1170

  Babiker, M M ^a   Bashir, N ^b   Sarsour, N ^a  

^a AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; JORDAN; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033232145     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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