Prevention and socioeconomic disadvantage

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 821-824

  Furler, John ^a   Young, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33644847521     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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