Cardiac disease distribution among patients referred for echocardiography in Harare, Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 140-144

  Hakim, J G ^a   Manyemba, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032091779     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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