Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease among school children in Addis Ababa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 601-605

  Oli, K ^a   Porteous, J ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033233363     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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