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Key references - health

  • Burrow S, Thomson N (2003) Ear disease and hearing loss. In: Thomson N, ed. The health of Indigenous Australians.
    South Melbourne: Oxford University Press:247-272
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  • Couzos S, Lea T, Culbong M (2005) "We are not just participants: we are in charge": the NACCHO ear trial and the process for Aboriginal community-controlled health research. Ethnicity and Health;10(2):91-111
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  • Couzos S, Lea T, Mueller R, Murray R, Culbong M (2003) Effectiveness of ototopical antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media in Aboriginal children: a community-based, multicentre, double-blind randomised controlled trial. Medical Journal of Australia;179(4):185-190
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  • Couzos S, Metcalf S, Murray RB (2001) Systematic review of existing evidence and primary care guidelines on the management of otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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  • Couzos S, Metcalf S, Murray RB (2003) Ear health. In Couzos S, Murray R (eds.), Aboriginal primary health care. An evidence-based approach. Second edition. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press: 193-250
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  • Menzies School of Health Research (2001) Recommendations for clinical care guidelines on the management of otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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  • Morris PS, Leach AJ, Silberberg P, Mellon G, Wilson C, et al. (2005) Otitis media in young Aboriginal children from remote communities in Northern and Central Australia: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Pediatrics;5(27)
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  • National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (2001) The management of middle ear infection in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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  • Gibney KG, Morris PS, Carapetis JR, Skull SA, Smith-Vaughan HC, et al. (2005) The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal study. BMC Pediatrics;5:16
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  • Stuart J, Butt H, Walker P (2003) The microbiology of glue ear in Australian Aboriginal children.Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;39(9):665-667
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