Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.7, No.1 (1976), 91-94
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B. Pongpanich, S. Dhanavaravibul, A. Limsuwan Prevalence of heart disease in school children in Thailand: A preliminary survey at Bang Pa-in. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.7, No.1 (1976), 91-94. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/10918
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Prevalence of heart disease in school children in Thailand: A preliminary survey at Bang Pa-in
A total of 2,764 students were examined from five schools in Bang Pa in, district, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand; 12 were found to have heart disease, a prevalence of 4.34 per thousand examined. Of these 4 cases were known by their parents to have heart disease prior to our study. The prevalence of congenital heart disease was 3.3 and of rheumatic heart disease 1 per thousand students. The incidence of functional heart murmur was 46%. The prevalence rate of heart disease in Thai school children was similar to rates in reports from Canada, America and Iran.
