Indigenous mortality in remote Queensland, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 422-427

  Andreasyan, Karen ^a   Hoy, Wendy E ^a   Kondalsamy Chennakesavan, Srinivas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigines; Death rates; Excess mortality; Mortality; Rural population; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34548408443     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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