Student screening for inherited blood disorders in Bahrain

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 344-352

  Al Arrayed, S ^a   Hafadh, N ^b   Amin, S ^b   Al Mukhareq, H ^b   Sanad, H ^b  

^a Salmaniya Medical Complex   (Bahrain)

^b NONE   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BAHRAIN; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD DISEASE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MALE; MUTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BAHRAIN; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 17144407265     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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