Indigenous child health checks: The view from the city

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 535-536

  Coleman, Justin J ^a,b   Spurling, Geoffrey K ^a,b   Askew, Deborah A ^a,b   Hayman, Noel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Inala Indigenous Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DENTAL CARIES; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG USE; EAR DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN DISEASE; OBESITY; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL UNEMPLOYMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SINGLE PARENT; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; SUBURBAN AREA; TOOTH BRUSHING; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; UNEMPLOYMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 79957939621     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03092.x     Document Type: Letter

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