The burden of haemoglobinopathies in India - Time to wake up?

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 53, Issue DEC., 2005, Pages 1017-1018

  Agarwal, M B ^a,b  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; INDIA;

HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 28644450377     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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