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Child mortality from sickle cell disease in Nigeria: a model-estimated, population-level analysis of data from the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey

BACKGROUND: Child mortality from sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa is presumed to be high but is not well quantified. This uncertainty contributes to the neglect of sickle cell disease and delays the prioritisation of interventions. In this study, we estimated the mortality of children in Ni...

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Autores principales: Nnodu, Obiageli E, Oron, Assaf P, Sopekan, Alayo, Akaba, Godwin O, Piel, Frédéric B, Chao, Dennis L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34481551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3026(21)00216-7