Congenital heart disease in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: a four-year prospective echocardiographic analysis
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Summary
The high prevalence of CHD in this study is the highest in the country and Africa, and may be attributable to the increased oil spillage and gas flaring from petroleum exploitation in this region.
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- article
- Published
- 2014-11-01
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 24
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W1875700119
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Keywords
Medicine, Niger delta, Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart disease, Port harcourt
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