Predicted declines in sickle allele frequency in Jamaica using empirical data

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 817-823

  Hanchard, N A ^a   Hambleton, I ^a   Harding, R M ^b   McKenzie, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jamaica; Malaria; Models; Sickle

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN S;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING;

EID: 33750600751     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20715     Document Type: Article

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