Birthweight and natural deaths in a remote Australian Aboriginal community

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-19

  Hoy, Wendy E ^a   Nicol, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449100227     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03394.x     Document Type: Article

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