A comparison of coronary heart disease event rates among urban Australian Aboriginal people and a matched non-Aboriginal population

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-319

  Bradshaw, Pamela J ^a   Alfonso, Helman S ^a   Finn, Judith ^a,b   Owen, Julie ^a   Thompson, Peter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN REGION; WOMENS HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952342828     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.098343     Document Type: Article

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