Patterns of mortality in indigenous adults in the Northern Territory, 1998-2003: Are people living in more remote areas worse off?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 307-311

  Andreasyan, Karen ^a   Hoy, Wendy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 63249101727     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02418.x     Document Type: Article

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