Renal disease in the Aboriginal community of Woorabinda

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-23

  Hazel, Teresa J ^a   Hill, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; End stage renal disease; Indigenous population; Kidney failure

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644846482     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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