Epidemiological survey of rheumatic heart disease among school children in the Shimla Hills of northern India: Prevalence and risk factors

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-67

  Thakur, Jarnail S ^a,b   Negi, Prakash C ^a   Ahluwalia, Surendra K ^a   Vaidya, Nand K ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPHYLAXIS; REGISTER; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030025495     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.1.62     Document Type: Article

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