Acute rheumatic fever in indigenous people in North Queensland: Some good news at last?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 581-584

  Hanna, Jeffrey N ^a   Clark, Michele F ^b  

^a Division of the Chief Health Officer   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 77952705559     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03641.x     Document Type: Article

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