Low rates of hospitalization for asthma among Aboriginal children compared to non-Aboriginal children of the top end of the Northern Territory

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 438-441

  Whybourne, A M ^a,b   Lesnikowski, C L ^a   Ruben, A R ^a   Walker, A C ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Royal Dawin Hospitial   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Asthma

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032844352     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.355393.x     Document Type: Article

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