Risk factors for reduced lung function in Australian Aboriginal children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 452-457

  Bucens, Ingrid K ^a,c   Reid, Alison ^b,c   Sayers, Susan M ^c,d  

^a HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Child; Lung function; Risk factor; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33746418495     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2006.00896.x     Document Type: Review

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