Does health assessment improve health outcomes in Indigenous people? An RCT with 13 years of follow-up

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-111

  Calver, Janine ^a   Wiltshire, Amy ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a   Hunter, Ernest ^b   Garfield, Carol ^c   Rosman, Diana L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 17844384239     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00058.x     Document Type: Article

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