Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome in western Australia, 1980 to 1994

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 462-466

  Cameron, Carol ^a   Gracey, Michael ^a,b   Penman, Andrew G ^a  

^a Geol Society of Western Australia   (Australia)

^b Office of Aboriginal Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029907854     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01622.x     Document Type: Article

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