Are immigrants at risk of heart disease in Australia? A systematic review

Australian Health Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-491

  Dassanayake, Jayantha ^a   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^a   Gurrin, Lyle ^a   Sundararajan, Vijaya ^b   Payne, Warren R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Branch   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

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EID: 74349086038     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH090479     Document Type: Article

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