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THE HEALTH OF AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES WITH NO PREVIOUS ASSOCIATION WITH EUROPEANS
Author(s) -
Elphinstone J. J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb50563.x
Subject(s) - hepatosplenomegaly , demography , medicine , eosinophilia , geography , pathology , disease , sociology
About a hundred Aborigines of the Western Australian desert, who are believed to have had no direct contact with Europeans, were found in scattered groups over a period of nine years and were examined. Because Aborigines living in this way are now rare, their diseases and other noteworthy features are described, particularly hepatosplenomegaly, serum protein and vitamin B 12 anomalies, eosinophilia and yaws.