Rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous children in northern Australia: Differences in prevalence and the challenges of screening

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 221.e1-221.e7

  Roberts, Kathryn V ^a   Maguire, Graeme P ^b   Brown, Alex ^c   Atkinson, David N ^d   Remenyi, Bo ^e   Wheaton, Gavin ^f   Ilton, Marcus ^e   Carapetis, Jonathan ^g  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUP; PROCEDURES; QUEENSLAND; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84941036875     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00139     Document Type: Article

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