The thalassemias and related genetic diseases pose public health problems for many countries in the next millennium. Will it be possible to apply research results to their control and management on the scale required?
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Weatherall, D., Clegg, J. Thalassemia — a global public health problem. Nat Med 2, 847–849 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0896-847
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