The Medical journal of Australia
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Age-standardized comparisons of mortality rates from four causes in 14 Aboriginal reserves and communities in Queensland were examined. The 14 reserves were allocated to two groups within 10 socioenvironmental variables. The findings point to an association between Queensland government Aboriginal policy, the administration of reserves, and the consequent mortality rates of the residents of these reserves.
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Comparative Study
Gliadin subfraction skin test for the diagnosis of coeliac disease.
Skin hypersensitivity to a gliadin subfraction (Fraction 3) was tested in patients with coeliac disease, patients with inflammatory bowel disease, and controls. Those with coeliac disease showed substantially greater hypersensitivity than controls, but there was no significant difference between the frequency of hypersensitivity in patients with coeliac disease and in those with inflammatory bowel disease. Fraction 3 did not provide a sufficiently specific skin reaction to be of use in the diagnosis of coeliac disease.