Association between sickle cell and β-thalassemia genes and hemoglobin concentration and anemia in children and non-pregnant women in Sierra Leone: ancillary analysis of data from Sierra Leone’s 2013 National Micronutrient Survey
By measuring the associations between the presence of sickle cell and β-thalassemia genes, we assessed the extent to which these hemoglobinopathies contribute to the high prevalence of anemia observed in presc...
Source: BMC Research Notes - Category: Research Authors: James P. Wirth, Rashid Ansumana, Bradley A. Woodruff, Aminata S. Koroma and Mary H. Hodges Tags: Research note Source Type: research
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