Socioeconomic and environmental risk factors among rheumatic heart disease patients in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Okello, Emmy ^a,b   Kakande, Barbara ^a,b   Sebatta, Elias ^a,b   Kayima, James ^a   Kuteesa, Monica ^c   Mutatina, Boniface ^a   Nyakoojo, Wilson ^b   Lwabi, Peter ^b   Mondo, Charles K ^a,b   Odoi Adome, Richard ^a   Juergen, Freers ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CROWDING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84865433873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043917     Document Type: Article

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