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2005

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005)
Health risk factors. Health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Bambrick H (2005)
Relationships between BMI, waist circumference, hypertension and fasting glucose: rethinking risk factors in Indigenous diabetes.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;5(4)
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View website: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Longstreet DA, Health DL, Vink R (2005)
A potential link between magnesium intake and diabetes in Indigenous Australians [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia;183(4):219-220
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McDonald SP, Hoy WE (2005)
Interfaces between cardiovascular and kidney disease among Aboriginal Australians.
Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease;12(1):39-48
View abstract: Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

NSW Centre for Overweight and Obesity, University of Sydney (2005)
A literature review of the evidence for interventions to address overweight and obesity in adults and older Australians, with special reference to people living in rural and remote Australia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Sydney: University of Sydney
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O'Brien K (2005)
Living dangerously: Australians with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
(AIHW bulletin no. 24) Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Thorburn AW (2005)
Prevalence of obesity in Australia.
Obesity Reviews;6(3):187-189
View abstract: Obesity Reviews
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2004

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004)
The relationship between overweight, obesity and cardiovascular disease: a literature review prepared for the National Heart Foundation of Australia.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004)
Heart, stroke and vascular diseases: Australian facts 2004. (Cardiovascular disease series no. 22)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Draper G, Codde JP (2004)
Our state of health 2004: an overview of the health of the people of Western Australia. (Epidemiology occasional paper no. 25)
Perth: Health Information Centre, Department of Health, Western Australia
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Gracey M, Lee AH, Yau KK (2004)
Hospitalisation for gastroenteritis in Western Australia
Archives of Disease in Childhood;89:768-772
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Heard AR, Dekker GA, Chan A, Jacobs DJ, Vreeburg SA, et al. (2004)
Hypertension during pregnancy in South Australia, part 1: pregnancy outcomes.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology;44(5):404-409
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Singh GR, Hoy WE (2004)
Kidney volume, blood pressure, and albuminuria: findings in an Australian Aboriginal community.
American Journal of Kidney Diseases;43(2):254-259
View abstract: American Journal of Kidney Diseases
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Thomas M (2004) Antecedents of renal disease in Aborigines.
Nephrology;9(Supplement 4):s113-s116
View abstract: Nephrology
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Wang Z, Hoy WE (2004)
Association between diabetes and coronary heart disease in Aboriginal people: are women disadvantaged?
Medical Journal of Australia;180(10):508-511
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Wang Z, Hoy WE (2004)
Waist circumference, body mass index, hip circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal people.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition;58(6):888-893
View abstract: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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2003

Baldwin DN, Spencer JL, Jeffries-Stokes CA (2003)
Carbohydrate intolerance and kidney stones in children in the Goldfields.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;39(5):381-385
View abstract: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
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Carson PJ, Brewster D (2003)
Unique pattern of urinary tract calculi in Australian Aboriginal children.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;39(5):325-328
View abstract: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
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Gracey M, Cullinane J (2003)
Gastroenteritis and environmental health among Aboriginal infants and children in Western Australia.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;39(6):427-431
Bulletin 4(1)
View abstract: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
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Lee AH, Wang K, Gracey M, Yau KK (2003)
Factors affecting length of hospitalisation of infants and children for recurrent gastroenteritis in Western Australia.
Acta Paediatrica;92(7):843-847
View abstract: Acta Paediatrica
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Piers LS, Rowley K, Soares MJ, O'dea K (2003)
Relation of adiposity and body fat distribution to body mass index in Australians of Aboriginal and European ancestry.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition;57(8):956-963
View abstract: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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Rowley K, Walker KZ, Cohen J, et al. (2003)
Inflammation and vascular endothelial activation in an Aboriginal population: relationships to coronary disease risk factors and nutritional markers.
Medical Journal of Australia;178(10):495-500
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Rowley K, Lee AJ, Yarmirr D, O'Dea K (2003)
Homocysteine concentrations lowered following dietary intervention in an Aboriginal community.
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition;12(1):92-95
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Thompson PL, Bradshaw PJ, Veroni M, Wilkes ET (2003)
Cardiovascular risk among urban Aboriginal people.
Medical Journal of Australia;179(3):143-146
View article: Medical Journal of Australia
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Wang Z, Hoy WE (2003)
Hypertension, dyslipidemia, body mass index, diabetes and smoking status in Aboriginal Australians in a remote community.
Ethnic Disease;13(3):324-330
View abstract: Ethnic Disease
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2002

Dunstan DW, Zimmet PZ, Welborn TA, De Courten MP, Cameron AJ, et al. (2002)
The rising prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance: the Australian diabetes, obesity and lifestyle study.
Diabetes Care;25(5):829-834
View abstract: Diabetes Care
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Hansen RD, Raja C, Colagiuri S, Gates F, Aslani A, et al. (2002)
Defining total and central obesity in Aboriginal Australians.
Retrieved 12 February 2004 from http://www.chs.usyd.edu.au/conf2002/minipost/fw-hanse.pdf
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View website: The University of Sydney Faculty of Health

Kukuruzovic R, Brewster D (2002)
Milk formulas in acute gastroenteritis and malnutrition: a randomised trial.
Journal of Paediatric Child Health;38:571-577
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View abstract: Journal of Paediatric Child Health
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Kukuruzovic R, Brewster D (2002)
Small bowel intestinal permeability in Australian Aboriginal children.
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition;35(2):206-212
View abstract: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
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Leonard D, McDermott R, O'Dea K, et al. (2002)
Obesity, diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk factors among Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health ;26(2):144-149
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
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Queensland Ozfoodnet (2002)
Ozfoodnet: a survey of community diarrhoeal illness among adults and young children in Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
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Wang Z, Hoy W (2002)
Body mass index and mortality in Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;26:305-310.
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