Heart disease in Soweto: facing a triple threat

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9616, 2008, Pages 876-877

  White, Harvey D ^a   Dalby, Anthony J ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b MILPARK HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SALT INTAKE; SITTING; SUDDEN DEATH; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS;

EID: 40849086668     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60391-8     Document Type: Note

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