Health outcomes in Aboriginal populations

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 597-598

  Cass, Alan ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING;

EID: 4644235376     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1041059     Document Type: Note

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