Disappearing, displaced, and undervalued: a call to action for Indigenous health worldwide

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9527, 2006, Pages 2019-2028

  Stephens, Carolyn ^a   Porter, John ^a   Nettleton, Clive ^b   Willis, Ruth ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Unlimited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY HISTORY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; POLLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33744809215     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68892-2     Document Type: Review

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