Endemic cardiovascular diseases of the poorest billion

Circulation

Volumn 133, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2561-2575

  Kwan, Gene F ^a,b,c   Mayosi, Bongani M ^d   Mocumbi, Ana O ^e   Miranda, J Jaime ^f,g   Ezzati, Majid ^h   Jain, Yogesh ⁱ   Robles, Gisela ^j   Benjamin, Emelia J ^k   Subramanian, S V ^l   Bukhman, Gene ^b,c,m  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^g CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Jan Swasthya Sahyog   (India)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^k BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^m BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

cardiomyopathies; cardiovascular diseases; congenital heart disease; epidemiology; global health; health equity; poverty; rheumatic heart disease

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISABILITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NUTRITION; PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY; POVERTY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84974806838     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.008731     Document Type: Article

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