Didgeridoo playing and singing to support asthma management in aboriginal australians

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-104

  Eley, Robert ^a   Gorman, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Asthmatics; Australia; Music; Respiratory function

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 73649101338     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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