The quality of management of rheumatic fever/heart disease in the Kimberley

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-420

  Mincham, Christine M ^c   Mak, Donna B ^a,b,c   Plant, Aileen J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036972617     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00340.x     Document Type: Article

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