Epidemiological trends of RF/RHD in school children of Shimla in north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1121-1127

  Negi, Prakash Chand ^a   Kanwar, Anubhav ^a   Chauhan, Renu ^a   Asotra, Sanjeev ^a   Thakur, Jarnail Singh ^a   Bhardwaj, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; GABHS; Heart disease; India; Prevalence; Rheumatic fever; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84879512968     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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