Protocol for a population-based study of rheumatic heart disease prevalence and cardiovascular outcomes among schoolchildren in Nepal

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Pilgrim, Thomas ^a   Kalesan, Bindu ^a,b   Karki, Prahlad ^c   Basnet, Anil ^c   Meier, Bernhard ^a   Urban, Philip ^d   Shrestha, Nikesh Raj ^c  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^d LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN V;

ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; NEPAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84862318030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001320     Document Type: Article

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