Health-related behaviours as predictors of mortality and morbidity in Australian Aborigines

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-142

  Burke, V ^a   Zhao, Y ^b   Lee, A H ^b   Hunter, E ^c   Spargo, R M ^d   Gracey, M ^e   Smith, R M ^f   Beilin, L J ^a   Puddey, I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service   (Australia)

^e Unity of First People of Australia   (Australia)

^f Miln Walker & Associates Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; All cause mortality; Coronary heart disease; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY RISK; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846615129     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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