Frequency and severity of rheumatic heart disease in the catchment area of Gauteng hospitals, 1993 - 1995

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3 II, 2006, Pages 233-237

  Clur, Sally Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33645311199     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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