Congenital heart disease among school children in Alexandria, Egypt: An overview on prevalence and relative frequencies

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 357-362

  Bassili, A ^a   Mokhtar, S A ^a   Dabous, N I ^b   Zaher, S R ^c   Mokhtar, M M ^a   Zaki, A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034502535     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.6.357     Document Type: Article

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