Rheumatic fever: Identification, management and secondary prevention

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 31-35

  Smith, Michael T ^a   Zurynski, Yvonne ^b   Lester Smith, David ^a   Elliott, Elizabeth ^a,c   Carapetis, Jonathan ^d,e,f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigine; Adolescent; Child; Health; Rheumatic fever

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84863371688     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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