Open AccessHighlights in this Issue
Author(s) -
Imti Choonara
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00784.x
Subject(s) - medicine
Diet, health and advertising Infectious diseases have historically been the major problem in relation to child health. The development of vaccines and antibiotics has significantly reduced mortality and morbidity from infectious diseases. Unfortunately, lifestyle which has a major impact on health in adults is now having a major impact on illnesses in children. This is illustrated by three papers described in this month’s Archives.