A health profile of adults in a Northern Territory Aboriginal community, with an emphasis on preventable morbidities

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Hoy, Wendy E ^a   Norman, Robert J ^b   Hayhurst, Beverly G ^a   Pugsley, David J ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCABIES; SKIN DEFECT; SMOKING;

EID: 0031005964     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01670.x     Document Type: Article

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