An epidemic of renal failure among Australian Aboriginals

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 537-541

  Spencer, Janine L ^a   Silva, Desiree T ^c   Snelling, Paul ^d   Hoy, Wendy E ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Territory Health Service

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032101947     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb139080.x     Document Type: Article

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