Disproportionate impact of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza on Indigenous people in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 617-622

  Flint, Shaun M ^a   Davis, Joshua S ^b,c,d   Su, Jiunn Yih ^a   Oliver Landry, Erin P ^b   Rogers, Benjamin A ^b   Goldstein, Aaron ^d   Thomas, Jane H ^b   Parameswaran, Uma ^b   Bigham, Colin ^b   Freeman, Kevin ^e   Goldrick, Paul ^b   Tong, Steven Y C ^b,c,d  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Northern Territory Government Pathology Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANDEMIC; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952715428     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03654.x     Document Type: Article

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