Inequities in aboriginal health: Access to the asthma 3+ visit plan

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 837-840

  Couzos, Sophie ^a   Davis, Scott ^a  

^a National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33644842112     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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