Albinism in Africa as a public health issue

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hong, Esther S ^a,b   Zeeb, Hajo ^a   Repacholi, Michael H ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; OCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NIGERIA; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PHOTOPHOBIA; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CANCER; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIMBABWE; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREJUDICE;

AFRICA; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; FOLKLORE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33749537467     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-212     Document Type: Article

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