The Jamaican historical experience of the impact of educational interventions on sickle cell disease child mortality

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Grosse, Scott D ^a   Atrash, Hani K ^a   Odame, Isaac ^b   Amendah, Djesika ^c   Piel, Frédéric B ^d   Williams, Thomas N ^d,e,f  

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

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD MORTALITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84861172208     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.03.005     Document Type: Letter

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