The use of ethinicity to identify the population at risk in pre-operative sickle cell screening

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1121-1123

  Aspinall, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR; ETHNIC GROUP; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION RISK; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THALASSEMIA; ETHNOLOGY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0242269434     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03487.x     Document Type: Letter

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