Benefits of swimming pools in two remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia: Intervention study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7412, 2003, Pages 415-419

  Lehmann, Deborah ^a   Tennant, Mary T ^a   Silva, Desiree T ^a   McAullay, Daniel ^a   Lannigan, Francis ^b   Coates, Harvey ^b   Stanley, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWIMMING POOL;

EID: 0043037225     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.415     Document Type: Article

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