What is the impact of missing Indigenous status on mortality estimates? An assessment using record linkage in Western Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Draper, Glenn K ^a   Somerford, Peter J ^a   Pilkington, Albert A G ^b,c   Thompson, Sandra C ^b  

^a Epidemiology Branch   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Data linkage; Indigenous; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALGORITHMS; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; RECORDS AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 69249200427     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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