Status of rheumatic heart disease in rural Pakistan

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 394-399

  Rizvi, S F ^b   Khan, M A ^b   Kundi, A ^c   Marsh, D R ^d   Samad, A ^c   Pasha, O ^a,e  

^a Sheikh Zayed Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b Sheikh Zayed Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Pakistan)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 1642463903     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.025981     Document Type: Article

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