Australian Aboriginal child health

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Gracey, Michael ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Curtin University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; GLUE; VOLATILE AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION RATE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; STROKE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031726484     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747981     Document Type: Article

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