Culture, History, and Health in an Australian Aboriginal Community: The Case of Utopia

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 438-457

  Anderson, Heather ^a   Kowal, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; culture; Indigenous; Northern Territory; social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865041037     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2011.636411     Document Type: Article

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