Aboriginal deaths in Western Australia: 1985-89 and 1990-94

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-152

  Gracey, Michael ^a   Williams, Peta ^b   Smith, Peter ^b  

^a Office of Aboriginal Health   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF POISONING; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 0034003615     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb00134.x     Document Type: Article

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