Differences in health-related socioeconomics characteristics among Pacific populations living in Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1228, 2006, Pages

  McDonald Sundborn, Gerhard ^a   Metcalf, Patricia ^a   Schaaf, David ^a   Dyall, Lorna ^a   Gentles, Dudley ^a   Jackson, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOK ISLANDS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FIJI; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEW ZEALAND; NIUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMOA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TONGA;

EID: 31844455147     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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