Disease burden and health-care clinic attendances for young children in remote aboriginal communities of northern Australia

Disease burden and health-care clinic attendances for young children in remote aboriginal communities of northern Australia

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of presentations and infectious-disease burden at primary health care (PHC) services in young children in two remote Aboriginal communities in tropical northern Australia. METHODS: Children born after 1 January 2001, who were resident at 30 September 2005 and fo...

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Main Authors:	Danielle B Clucas, Kylie S Carville, Christine Connors, Bart J Currie, Jonathan R Carapetis, Ross M Andrews
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The World Health Organization 2008-04-01
Series:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862008000400012&lng=en&tlng=en

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