Genetic disease in the Arab world

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7573, 2006, Pages 819-

  Bayoumi, Riad A ^a   Yardumian, Anne ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARAB; EDITORIAL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA;

ARAB WORLD; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS;

EID: 33750303409     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39002.350405.80     Document Type: Editorial

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