Pattern of hemoglobinopathy among the young tribes of West Bengal: A completely different scenario from Rest of India

Hemoglobinopathy is a major concern among the tribal population which constitutes 8.6% of the total population, and West Bengal (WB) is the home to 5.3 million tribes. The present study was conducted on 52,880 tribal school students from all the districts of WB. Written informed consent and peripher...

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Main Authors: Jyoti Shaw, Rudra Ray, Sunistha Bhattacharjee, Anjan Kumar Dasgupta, Maitreyee Bhattacharyya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2023;volume=67;issue=1;spage=159;epage=161;aulast=Shaw