Hospitalisation of indigenous children in the Northern Territory for lower respiratory illness in the first year of life

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 586-590

  O'Grady, Kerry Ann F ^a,b   Torzillo, Paul J ^c   Chang, Anne B ^a,d  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952709265     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03643.x     Document Type: Article

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