Healthy country: Healthy people? Exploring the health benefits of Indigenous natural resource management

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Burgess, C Paul ^a,d   Johnston, F H ^b   Bowman, D M J S ^c   Whitehead, P J ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Remote Health   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 17844391283     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2005.tb00060.x     Document Type: Article

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