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Knowledge of and attitudes toward heel prick screening for sickle cell disease in Saint Lucia

OBJECTIVES. In the Caribbean country of Saint Lucia, umbilical-cord-blood screening for sickle cell disease (SCD) was the testing method that health care workers (HCWs) on the maternity wards of the hospitals preferred until the new heel prick (HP) testing method was introduced in the country in 201...

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Autores principales: Alexander, Sonia, Belmar-George, Sharon, Eugene, Alisha, Elias, Vanessa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Organización Panamericana de la Salud 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6612713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28614479
http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2017.70