Estimates of the global burden of rheumatic heart disease

Global Heart

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 189-195

  Zühlke, Liesl J ^a,b   Steer, Andrew C ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCREENING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84884936391     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2013.08.008     Document Type: Review

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