Improvements in indigenous mortality in the Northern Territory over four decades

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 445-451

  Condon, John R ^a,b,c   Barnes, Tony ^d   Cunningham, Joan ^a,b   Smith, Len ^e  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Coop Res Ctr for Aboriginal Hlth ^*  (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ABORIGINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14544275110     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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