Acute rheumatic fever in the Waikato District Health Board region of New Zealand: 1998-2004

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1285, 2008, Pages

  Atatoa Carr, Polly ^a,c   Bell, Anita ^a   Lennon, Diana R ^b  

^a WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE RISK; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SOCIAL STATUS; ABORIGINE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649117207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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