Water supply and sanitation in remote indigenous communities - Priorities for health development

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 409-414

  Bailie, Ross S ^a,b   Carson, Bronwyn E ^a   McDonald, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ABORIGINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION;

AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 14544269932     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00021.x     Document Type: Review

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