An epidemiological study of pulmonary disease in preschool Rarotongan children.
A survey of 2143 preschool children in Rarotonga was carried out in 1971. Pulmonary infections were common and no precise cause could be identified. There was widespread occurrence of intestinal parasites with lung phases of development. The implications of this are discussed.
D000367:Age Factors; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011114:Polynesia; D011859:Radiography; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000150:complications