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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...
Autores principales: | Wong, Li Ping, George, Elizabeth, Tan, Jin-Ai Mary Anne |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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