The impact of housing improvement and socio-environmental factors on common childhood illnesses: A cohort study in Indigenous Australian communities

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 821-831

  Bailie, Ross S ^a   Stevens, Matthew ^a   McDonald, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING PROJECT; HYGIENE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROWDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865991434     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.134874     Document Type: Article

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