Respiratory infections in Tamariki (children) and Taitamariki (young people) Māori, New Zealand

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 521-526

  Byrnes, Catherine A ^a,b   Trenholme, Adrian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

general paediatrics; Indigenous population; infection; respiratory

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHIOLITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; NEW ZEALAND; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GROUPS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957152701     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01853.x     Document Type: Review

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