Acute rheumatic fever in First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario: Social determinants of health “bite the heart”

OBJECTIVE: To document a case series of 8 young First Nations patients diagnosed with acute rheumatic fever (ARF), a preventable disease that resulted in the death of 2 patients, in northwestern Ontario in the context of late diagnosis, overcrowded housing, and inadequate public health response. DES...

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Publicado no:Can Fam Physician
Main Authors: Gordon, Janet, Kirlew, Mike, Schreiber, Yoko, Saginur, Raphael, Bocking, Natalie, Blakelock, Brittany, Haavaldsrud, Michelle, Kennedy, Christine, Farrell, Terri, Douglas, Lloyd, Kelly, Len
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: College of Family Physicians of Canada 2015
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607335/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26759842
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