Eastwell H D
Med J Aust. 1979 Sep 8;2(5):221-4.
Regular petrol-inhaling involves 50 children ("sniffers"), aged nine to 14 years, at the Aboriginal town of Maningrida--over one-third of resident children of this age. Children of two closely related clan-language groups comprise the majority of inhalers. Similarly, at the town of Galiwinku the children of two deprived clans are involved almost exclusively. These are the only clans in eastern Arnhem Land without outstations on their homelands. Revitalization of these clans appears the only effective method of containing the practice. Petrol-inhaling is associated with delinquency, low body weight, venereal disease, and elevated levels of blood lead. The effectiveness of past remedial action is in doubt.
经常吸入汽油的情况涉及阿纳姆地原住民小镇马宁格里达的50名儿童（“嗅吸者”），年龄在9岁至14岁之间，占该年龄段常住儿童的三分之一以上。两个密切相关的部族语言群体的儿童占吸入汽油儿童的大多数。同样，在加里温库镇，几乎只有两个贫困部族的儿童参与其中。这些是阿纳姆地东部仅有的在其家乡没有外驻站的部族。振兴这些部族似乎是遏制这种行为的唯一有效方法。吸入汽油与犯罪、体重过轻、性病以及血铅水平升高有关。过去的补救行动的效果值得怀疑。
