Rheumatic heart disease: Social and economic dimensions

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 780-781

  Robertson, Katharine A ^a   Mayosi, Bongani M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ABSENTEEISM; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BRAZIL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INDIA; PHARYNGITIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REHABILITATION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; URBANIZATION;

COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 57149104593     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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