Injury profiles of indigenous and non-indigenous people in New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 217-220

  Clapham, Kathleen F ^a   Stevenson, Mark R ^a   Lo, Sing Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33645060473     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00205.x     Document Type: Article

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