Avoidable mortality trends in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in the Northern Territory, 1985-2004

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 544-550

  Li, Shu Qin ^a   Gray, Natalie ^a   Guthridge, Steven ^a   Pircher, Sabine ^a   Wang, Zhiqiang ^b   Zhao, Yuejen ^a  

^a Health Gains Planning   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Avoidable mortality; Health care; Northern territory

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REGISTRIES;

EID: 74949095671     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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