Incidence, prevalence and outcomes of rheumatic heart disease in South Africa: A systematic review protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Zühlke, Liesl ^a,b   Watkins, David ^b,c   Engel, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SELECTION BIAS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84903217863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004844     Document Type: Review

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