Social gradients in the health of indigenous australians

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 107-117

  Shepherd, Carrington C J ^b   Li, Jianghong ^a   Zubrick, Stephen R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CULTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857285265     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300354     Document Type: Article

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