Longitudinal study of heart disease in a Jamaican rural population. I. Prevalence, with special reference to ECG findings.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on January 01, 1972

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W E Miall, E Del Campo, J Fodor, J R Nava Rhode, L Ruiz, K L Standard, A V Swan

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