Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children's exposure to stressful events: A cross-sectional study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-45

  Askew, Deborah A ^a,b   Schluter, Philip J ^a,c   Spurling, Geoffrey K P ^a,b   Bond, Chelsea J R ^a   Brown, Alex D H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Inala Indigenous Health Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EAR INFECTION; EMOTIONAL DEPRIVATION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LEARNING; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; URBAN POPULATION; WITNESS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84879901221     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11716     Document Type: Article

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