High prevalence of rheumatic heart disease by clinical and echocardiographic screening among children in Fiji

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-335

  Steer, Andrew C ^a   Kado, Joseph ^b   Wilson, Nigel ^c   Tuiketei, Timaima ^b   Batzloff, Michael ^d   Waqatakirewa, Lepani ^b   Mulholland, E Kim ^a,e   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIJI; HEART AUSCULTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; FIJI; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 68949192642     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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