Sickle cell disease: An anonymous survey of physicians in Burkina Faso;Les syndromes drépanocytaires majeurs: Une enquête anonyme auprès du corps médical au Burkina Faso

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-246

  Kafando, E ^a   Savadogo, L G B ^b   Ayeroue J ^c   Nacoulma, E ^a   Vertongen, F ^d   Ferster, A ^e   Cotton, F ^d   Gulbis, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE YALGADO OUÉDRAOGO   (Burkina Faso)

^d ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Physician survey; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURKINA FASO; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 49649093628     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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