Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease: Has it declined in India?

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-74

  Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Kothari, Shyam S ^a   Juneja, Rajnish ^a   Bhargava, Balram ^a   Saxena, Anita ^a   Bahl, Vinay K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE;

COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249185696     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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