Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in school children of urban Lahore

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 353-357

  Sadiq, M ^a   Islam, K ^a   Abid, R ^a   Latif, F ^a   Rehman, A U ^a   Waheed, A ^a   Azhar, M ^a   Khan, J S ^a  

^a PUNJAB INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOLS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 61949103538     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.143982     Document Type: Article

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