Epidemiology of alcohol-related burden of disease among Indigenous Australians

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL, 2010, Pages

  Calabria, Bianca ^a   Doran, Chris M ^a   Vos, Theo ^b   Shakeshaft, Anthony P ^a,c   Hall, Wayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Disability adjusted life year; Harms; Indigenous

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSON; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956632180     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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