title: Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in the western Pacific region.
authors.affiliation: Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Neutze
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006266:Health Education; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D010139:Pacific Islands; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011114:Polynesia / Q000208:ethnology; D012008:Recurrence; D012042:Registries; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine