Iranian national thalassaemia screening programme

Iran's experience shows that genetic screening can be successful in lower resource countries and also provides some lessons for high resource nations

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Published in:BMJ 2004-11, Vol.329 (7475), p.1134-1137
Main Authors: Samavat, Ashraf, Modell, Bernadette
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Advantages
Anemias. Hemoglobinopathies
Biological and medical sciences
Continuing education
Counseling
Disease
Disease control
Disease models
Disease prevention
Diseases of red blood cells
Evolutionary genetics
Family planning
Feedback
General aspects
Genetic disorders
Genetic screening
Genetic Testing - economics
Genetic Testing - organization & administration
Genetics
Health care policy
Health Education
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Infrastructure
Iran - epidemiology
Laboratories
Marriage
Medical diagnosis
Medical genetics
Medical sciences
Medical screening
Modeling
Mortality
National Health Programs - economics
National Health Programs - organization & administration
Population genetics
Prenatal diagnosis
Primary Care
Primary health care
Primary Health Care - economics
Primary Health Care - organization & administration
Program Evaluation
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Screening tests
Surveillance
Thalassemia - economics
Thalassemia - genetics
Thalassemia - prevention & control
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Summary:Iran's experience shows that genetic screening can be successful in lower resource countries and also provides some lessons for high resource nations
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1134