'Are you aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander?': Improving data collection at BreastScreen Victoria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-127

  Adams, Karen ^a,b   Kavanagh, Anne ^b   Guthrie, Jill ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECORDING;

EID: 1942467429     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00924.x     Document Type: Article

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