Risk factors for ill-health in a remote desert-dwelling Aboriginal community in Western Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-179

  Gracey, M ^a   Spargo, R M ^b   Smith, P ^c   Smith, R M ^d   Burke, V ^c   Beilin, L J ^c   Beilby, J ^e   Chin, C ^e  

^a Health Department of WA

^b NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme genotype; Apolipoprotein E phenotype; Australoid race; Blood lipids; Blood pressure; Hyperinsulinaemia; Lipoprotein(a); Obesity; Renal disease; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SMOKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0029945814     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb00881.x     Document Type: Article

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