The Umoona Kidney Project
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Author/Creator
Mark Shephard
Michael Brown
Maryanne Hudson
Cissie Riessen
Janice Braun
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, March/April 2000, pp. 12-15
Description
Describes an early detection renal disease program in a remote community of South Australia. Aboriginal Australians are six times more likely to suffer from advanced kidney disease than non-Aboriginal Australians.