Clinic Attendances during the First 12 Months of Life for Aboriginal Children in Five Remote Communities of Northern Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kearns, Thérèse ^a   Clucas, Danielle ^b   Connors, Christine ^c   Currie, Bart J ^a,c   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^d   Andrews, Ross M ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Preventable Chronic Conditions   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROWDING; DIARRHEA; EAR DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR SYSTEM; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCABIES; SKIN ULCER; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84874570880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058231     Document Type: Article

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