Environmental factors and rheumatic heart disease in Fiji

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 332-336

  Dobson, Joelle ^a   Steer, Andrew C ^b   Colquhoun, Samantha ^b,c   Kado, Joseph ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Crowding; Pacific; Poverty; Rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FIJI; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862299787     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0139-x     Document Type: Article

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