Epidemiology of rheumatic heart disease
Archives of Disease in Childhood, vol.63, no.12, pp.1501-1503, 1988 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 63 Issue: 12
- Publication Date: 1988
- Doi Number: 10.1136/adc.63.12.1501
- Journal Name: Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1501-1503
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Ankara University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
We compared the incidence of rheumatic heart disease in elementary schoolchildren from low and high socioeconomic groups; children from one of the schools were rescreened 10 years later. The results showed that the incidence of rheumatic heart disease was significantly higher in low socioeconomic group but it is gradually declining.