Estimating prevalence of common chronic morbidities in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 66-70

  Knox, Stephanie A ^a   Harrison, Christopher M ^b   Britt, Helena C ^b   Henderson, Joan V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 49749147147     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01918.x     Document Type: Article

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