Measuring morbidity and mortality attributable to rheumatic heart disease in Fiji: a prototype study of disease burden in a developing country by data linkage

ABSTRACT Objectives Rheumatic heart disease remains a major public health concern in developing countries. Motivated by the lack of up-to-date epidemiologic data from endemic settings, we sought to quantity morbidity and mortality attributable the condition in Fiji, a middle-income country where...

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Main Authors: Tom Parks, Joseph Kado, Isimeli Tukana, Andrew Steer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2017-04-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/385