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

BACKGROUND: In Nigeria, as in the rest of equatorial Africa, sickle cell disease (SCD) has its highest incidence and continues to cause high morbidity and early death. The condition is a major public health problem among the black race. The aim of this survey is to determine the level of knowledge a...

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Autores principales: Abioye-Kuteyi, Emmanuel A., Oyegbade, Olanrewaju, Bello, Ibrahim, Osakwe, Chiddude
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS OpenJournals 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565934/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v1i1.22