Respiratory Infections In Tamariki (Children) And Taitamariki (Young People) Maori, New Zealand


Respiratory Infections In Tamariki (Children) And Taitamariki (Young People) Maori, New Zealand Catherine A Byrnes, and Adrian Trenholme, 2010   The Maori population is young, with 53% aged less than 25 years and with a higher prevalence of both acute (bronchiolitis, pneumonia, pertussis, tuberculosis) and chronic (bronchiectasis) respiratory tract infections than non-Maori. Environmental, economic and poorer access to health promotion programmes and health care rather than specific or...

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