Rural-Urban disparities in health: How does Canada fare and how does Canada compare with Australia?

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-64

  Pong, Raymond W ^a   DesMeules, Marie ^b   Lagacé, Claudia ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Health status; International comparison; Intra rural difference in health; Rural urban difference in health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64649098740     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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