Commentary: Closing the health gap for Indigenous Australians - Will better counting mean better services and investment in the social production of health?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 477-479

  McDermott, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INVESTMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 64349094194     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn369     Document Type: Note

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