Echocardiographic findings in Eldoret : Retrospective study

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 714-716

  Anabwani, Gabriel M ^a,d   Book, W ^b   Bonhoeffer, P ^c  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d Box 4606 ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030278935     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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