Beyond the mainstream - Health gains in remote Aboriginal communities

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 986-988

  Burgess, Paul ^a   Mileran, Albert ^b   Bailie, Ross ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 59349101413     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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