Roundtable discussion: Data on Ageing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations

World Medical and Health Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kowal, Paul ^a   Gibson, Richard ^b   Wutzke, Sonia ^c   Smith, Kate ^d   Cotter, Philippa ^e   Strivens, Edward ^f   Lindeman, Melissa ^g   Logiudice, Dina ^h   Broe, G ⁱ  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District   (Australia)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h MELBOURNE HEALTH   (Australia)

ⁱ NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Health; Indigenous populations; Research

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA SYNTHESIS; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; VALIDATION STUDY; WELLBEING;

EID: 84863413702     PISSN: 19484682     EISSN: 21532028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1948-4682.1181     Document Type: Review

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