The epidemiology and prevention of rheumatic fever

Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine: Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-133

  Rammelkamp, Charles H ^a,b   Wannamaker, Lewis W ^a,b   Denny, Floyd W ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Streptococcal Disease Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; RHEUMATIC FEVER; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031155752     PISSN: 00287091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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