Premature mortality in Aboriginal adults in the Northern Territory, 1979-1991

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 309-312

  Cunningham, Joan ^a,c   Condon, John R ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Territory Health Services   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029819920     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124987.x     Document Type: Article

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