Adherence to Secondary Prophylaxis Among Patients with Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease

John A Woods¹, Judith M Katzenellenbogen^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Western Australian Centre for Rural Health, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
² School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
³ Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

John A Woods et al. Curr Cardiol Rev. 2019.

. 2019;15(3):239-241.

doi: 10.2174/1573403X1503190506120953.

John A Woods¹, Judith M Katzenellenbogen^{2

3}

¹ Western Australian Centre for Rural Health, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
² School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
³ Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

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