Two nations: Racial disparities in bloodstream infections recorded at Alice Springs Hospital, central Australia, 2001-2005

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 567-571

  Einsiedel, Lloyd J ^a   Woodman, Richard J ^b  

^a ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 77952726379     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03638.x     Document Type: Article

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