Poverty and eosinophilia are risk factors for endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) in Uganda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-235

  Rutakingirwa, Maurice ^a   Ziegler, John L ^b,c   Newton, Robert ^b   Freers, Jurgen ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassava; Endomyocardial fibrosis; Eosinophilia

Indexed keywords

DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIET; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0032925150     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.43376.x     Document Type: Article

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