Falling prevalence of beta-thalassaemia and eradication of malaria in the Maldives

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-189

  Firdous, Naila ^a   Gibbons, Stephen ^b   Modell, Bernadette ^c  

^a Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital   (Maldives)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN D; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALDIVES; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84856482771     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-011-0054-0     Document Type: Article

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