Risk of pneumonia in relation to body mass index in Australian Aboriginal people

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2497-2502

  Phung, D T ^a,b   Wang, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; body mass index; pneumonia; risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84893063497     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813000605     Document Type: Article

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