Health benefits of swimming pools in remote Aboriginal communities

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7412, 2003, Pages 407-408

  Hall, Gillian ^a   Sibthorpe, Beverly ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWIMMING POOL; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0042825352     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.407     Document Type: Editorial

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