Unmet need of GP services in pacific people and other New Zealanders

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1334, 2011, Pages 35-45

  Pledger, Megan J ^a   Cumming, Jacqueline ^a   Burnette, Mili ^a   Daubé, Jacob ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SPINE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957869618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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