Cancer and aboriginal people in Australia: A review of the literature

Critical Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-75

  Newman, Christy ^a   Butow, Phyllis ^b   Knight, Rosemary ^c   McMillan, Karen ^a   Treloar, Carla ^a   Kippax, Susan ^a   Eades, Sandra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cultural background; Indigenous health services; Indigenous population; Risk factors; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABORIGINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 43149126071     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590701881615     Document Type: Review

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