The spectrum of haemoglobin variants in two scheduled tribes of Sundargarh district in north-western Orissa, India

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 560-573

  Balgir, R S ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Bhuyan tribe; Genetic heterogeneity; Haemoglobin variants; India; Kharia tribe; North western Orissa

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT;

BLOOD; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HEALTH AND DISEASE; NOMADIC PEOPLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 27844473824     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500228741     Document Type: Article

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