Children Who Come and Go. The State of Sickle Cell Disease in Resource-Poor Countries

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Ebrahim, Shahul H ^a   Khoja, Tawfik A M ^b   Elachola, Habida ^d   Atrash, Hani K ^a   Memish, Ziad ^c   Johnson, Alison ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b Health Ministers' Council of Gulf States   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MES Medical College ^*

^d GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 77949440920     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.01.007     Document Type: Note

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