Sickle cell knowledge, premarital screening and marital decisions among local government workers in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-57

  Abioye Kuteyi, Emmanuel A ^a   Oyegbade, Olanrewaju ^a   Bello, Ibrahim ^a   Osakwe, Chiddude ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Marital decisions; Nigerian government workers; Premarital screening; Sickle cell disease; Sickle cell disease prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861831471     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v1i1.22     Document Type: Article

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