Awareness of sickle cell among people of reproductive age: Dominicans and African Americans in Northern Manhattan

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-58

  Siddiqui, Saira ^a   Schunk, Kelly ^a   Batista, Milagros ^b   Adames, Francisca ^b   Ayala, Peggy ^b   Stix, Benjamin ^a   Rodriguez, Jacqueline ^c   McCord, Mary ^a   Green, Nancy S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Alianza Dominicana   (United States)

^c Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity and health; Health disparities; Health education; Health literacy; Hemaglobinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857923183     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9618-x     Document Type: Article

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