The number of people with sickle-cell disease in the United States: National and state estimates

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-78

  Brousseau, David C ^a   Panepinto, Julie A ^a   Nimmer, Mark ^a   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049150729     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21570     Document Type: Article

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