Stemming the tide: Reducing cardiovascular disease a renal failure in Australian Aborigines

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 480-483

  Hoy, W ^a   Kelly, A ^a   Jacups, S ^a   McKendry, K ^a   Baker, P ^a   MacDonald, S ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Punguatji, N ^b   Kerinauia, J ^b   Tipiloura, E ^b   Harrison, C ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aborigines; Cardiovascular disease; End stage renal disease; Northern Territory

Indexed keywords

PERINDOPRIL;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PROTEINURIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033066581     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1999.tb00746.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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