Our hearts and minds - What would it take for Australia to become the healthiest country in the world?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 447-451

  Ring, Ian T ^a   O'Brien, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAPAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38449106852     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01355.x     Document Type: Article

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