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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 (Author), Kylie S Carville (Author), Christine Connors (Author), Bart J Currie (Author), Jonathan R Carapetis (Author), Ross M Andrews (Author)
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Published:	The World Health Organization, 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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