Living longer with a greater health burden - Changes in the burden of disease and injury in the Northern Territory Indigenous population between 1994-1998 and 1999-2003

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL, 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Yuejen ^a   Condon, John R ^b   Guthridge, Steven ^a   You, Jiqiong ^a  

^a Northern Territory Department of Health and Families   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Indigenous health services; Life expectancy; Morbidity; Premature mortality

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICS;

COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956645280     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00561.x     Document Type: Review

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