Public perceptions and attitudes toward thalassaemia: Influencing factors in a multi-racial population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wong, Li Ping ^a   George, Elizabeth ^b   Tan, Jin Ai Mary Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

attitudes; multi racial population; nationwide survey; public awareness; thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THALASSEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953077621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-193     Document Type: Article

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