Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease among primary school pupils in mid-western nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-32

  Sadoh, W E ^a   Omuemu, V O ^a   Israel Aina, Y T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMURS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMURS; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84918781447     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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