Asthma is not prevalent in aboriginal and torres strait islander children: A myth

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-106

  Valery, P C ^a   Masters, I B ^a   Chang, A B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; VACCINATION; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036179168     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2002.0796c.x     Document Type: Letter

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