Growth and morbidity in children in the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study: The urban-remote differential

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 56-60

  Mackerras, Dorothy E M ^a   Reid, Alison ^a   Sayers, Susan M ^a   Singh, Gurmeet R ^a   Bucens, Ingrid K ^b   Flynn, Kathryn A ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037455162     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05063.x     Document Type: Article

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