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...

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Hauptverfasser: Wong, Li Ping, George, Elizabeth, Tan, Mary Anne Jin Ai
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: BioMed Central 2011
Online Zugang:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24527/1/Public%20perceptions%20and%20attitudes%20toward%20thalassaemia.pdf
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