Cancer care for indigenous Australians

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 560-561

  Boffa, John D ^a  

^a Central Australian Aboriginal Congress   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; CARDIOLOGY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; ABORIGINE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 47049121319     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01789.x     Document Type: Editorial

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