Is Western Australia representative of other Australian States and Territories in terms of key socio-demographic and health economic indicators?

Australian Health Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-215

  Clark, Antony ^a,b   Preen, David B ^a   Ng, Jonathon Q ^a,b   Semmens, James B ^b   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data linkage; Demography; Population based research; Socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952826149     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH09805     Document Type: Article

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