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Public perceptions and attitudes toward thalassaemia: Influencing factors in a multi-racial population

BACKGROUND: Thalassaemia is a common public health problem in Malaysia and about 4.5 to 6% of the Malays and Chinese are carriers of this genetic disorder. The major forms of thalassaemia result in death in utero of affected foetuses (α-thalassaemia) or life-long blood transfusions for survival in β...

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Autores principales: Wong, Li Ping, George, Elizabeth, Tan, Jin-Ai Mary Anne
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21447191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-193