Pumping iron: Compliance with chelation therapy among young people who have thalassaemia major

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 500-524

  Atkin, Karl ^a   Ahmad, Waqar ^b  

^a Centre for Research in Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Compliance; Ethnicity; Genetics; Thalassaemia; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034214574     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00216     Document Type: Article

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