Complex impact of remoteness on the incidence of myocardial infarction in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Western Australia

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 305-311

  Katzenellenbogen, Judith M ^a,c   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^b   Hobbs, Michael S T ^b   Briffa, Tom G ^b   Knuiman, Matthew W ^b   Dimer, Lyn ^e   Thompson, Peter L ^d   Thompson, Sandra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Heart Foundation of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Geographical disadvantage; Incidence; Myocardial infarction; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870284513     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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