Skin infection, housing and social circumstances in children living in remote Indigenous communities: Testing conceptual and methodological approaches

BMC Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Bailie, Ross S ^a   Stevens, Matthew R ^a   McDonald, Elizabeth ^a   Halpin, Stephen ^a   Brewster, David ^b   Robinson, Gary ^c   Guthridge, Stephen ^d  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 31144441458     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-128     Document Type: Article

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