High prevalence of asthma in five remote indigenous communities in Australia

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1089-1096

  Valery, P C ^a   Chang, A B ^a   Shibasaki, S ^a   Gibson, O ^a   Purdie, D M ^a   Shannon, C ^a   Masters, I B ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Indigenous

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0034900618     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.00099901     Document Type: Article

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