Indigenous Australians are under-represented in longitudinal ageing studies

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331-336

  Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Kiely, Kim M ^a   Booth, Heather ^a   Birrell, Carole L ^b   Butterworth, Peter ^a   Byles, Julie ^c   Luszcz, Mary A ^d   Gibson, Richard ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and torres strait islander; Ageing; DYNOPTA; Indigenous; Longitudinal; Older

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH;

EID: 80655145240     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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