Heart disease in Africa

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9534, 2006, Pages 449-450

  Opie, Lionel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AFRICA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

EID: 33746516326     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69149-6     Document Type: Letter

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