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Population screening for prevention of genetic diseases in Greece is focused mainly on the identification of carriers of haemoglobinopathies, since thalassemia is the major public health problem of the country.
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Metaxotou, C., Mavrou, A. (1999). Population screening in Greece for prevention of genetic diseases. In: Chadwick, R., Shickle, D., Ten Have, H., Wiesing, U. (eds) The Ethics of Genetic Screening. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9323-6_8
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