Treatment patterns for cancer in Western Australia: Does being indigenous make a difference?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 191-194

  Hall, Sonĵa E ^a   Bulsara, Caroline E ^a   Bulsara, Max K ^a   Leahy, Timothy G ^b   Culbong, Margaret R ^c   Hendrie, Delia ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b W Australian Aboriginal Community   (Australia)

^c Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURGERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4444246961     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06234.x     Document Type: Article

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