The challenge of haemoglobinopathies in resource-poor countries

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 736-744

  Weatherall, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global health burden; North South partnerships; Population genetics; Sickle cell anaemia; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN E; HYDROXYUREA; PENICILLIN G;

AFRICA; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPISTAXIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; THALASSEMIA;

GLOBAL HEALTH BURDEN; NORTH/SOUTH PARTNERSHIPS; POPULATION GENETICS; SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA; THALASSAEMIA;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA;

EID: 80052265880     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08742.x     Document Type: Review

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