Health status differentials across rural and remote Australia

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-9

  Phillips, Andrew ^a  

^a National Rural Health Alliance   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Indigenous health; Public health; Rural health in general; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TOOTH DISEASE;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 64649083510     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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