Changing pattern of ill health for indigenous people

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7412, 2003, Pages 406-407

  Foliaki, Sunia ^a   Pearce, Neil ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAW; LIFESTYLE; NATIVE SPECIES; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0041322645     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.406     Document Type: Editorial

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