Trying to keep a balance: The meaning of health and diabetes in an urban Aboriginal community

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1457-1472

  Thompson, Samantha J ^a   Gifford, Sandra M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Australia; Diabetes; Disease ecology; Ethno epidemiology; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DIABETES; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH RISK; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RISK PERCEPTION; URBAN SOCIETY;

ABORIGINE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIETY; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034676656     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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