Socio-demographic factors and psychological distress in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian adults aged 18-64 years: Analysis of national survey data

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cunningham, Joan ^a   Paradies, Yin C ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856405651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-95     Document Type: Article

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