Prevalence of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in rural Bangladesh

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 160-161

  Ahmed, Jasimuddin ^a   Mostafa Zaman, M ^a   Monzur Hassan, M M ^a  

^a National Center for Control of Rheumatic Fever and Heart Diseases   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREATHING DISORDER; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 23944507061     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0049475054620879     Document Type: Article

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