Indigenous health: burden or opportunity?

Peachey, Louis G; McBain, K.E.; Armstrong, Ruth M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00337.x

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“…Many factors could contribute to this including excess socio-economic disadvantage, chronic cardio-respiratory diseases and diabetes [ 21 ] which all modify the effects of ambient PM 10 on cardio-respiratory admissions [ 20 ]. Other factors could include reduced access to health services and therefore early management of chronic conditions [ 46 ], and different patterns of smoking, physical activity or diet among this population sub-group [ 21 ]. In addition, the two populations have differing age structures, with a greater proportion of people over sixty-five in the non-indigenous group, and a greater proportion of children less than 15 years in the indigenous group [ 19 ].…”

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Vegetation fire smoke, indigenous status and cardio-respiratory hospital admissions in Darwin, Australia, 1996–2005: a time-series study

2008

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Background: Air pollution in Darwin, Northern Australia, is dominated by smoke from seasonal fires in the surrounding savanna that burn during the dry season from April to November. Our aim was to study the association between particulate matter less than or equal to 10 microns diameter (PM 10 ) and daily emergency hospital admissions for cardio-respiratory diseases for each fire season from 1996 to 2005. We also investigated whether the relationship differed in indigenous Australians; a disadvantaged population sub-group.

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