Publication: Prevalence of heart disease in school children in Thailand: A preliminary survey at Bang Pa-in
dc.contributor.author | B. Pongpanich | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | S. Dhanavaravibul | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | A. Limsuwan | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Mahidol University | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-19T14:12:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-19T14:12:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1976-01-01 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.7, No.1 (1976), 91-94 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 00383619 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 2-s2.0-0017102913 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/10918 | |
dc.rights | Mahidol University | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | SCOPUS | en_US |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0017102913&origin=inward | en_US |
dc.subject | Medicine | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence of heart disease in school children in Thailand: A preliminary survey at Bang Pa-in | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
mu.datasource.scopus | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0017102913&origin=inward | en_US |