The burden of kidney disease in Indigenous children of Australia and New Zealand, epidemiology, antecedent factors and progression to chronic kidney disease

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 504-509

  White, Andrew ^a,b   Wong, William ^c   Sureshkumur, Premala ^d   Singh, Gurmeet ^e  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

general paediatrics; international child health; nephrology renal

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEW ZEALAND; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957126040     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01851.x     Document Type: Review

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