Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal sexually transmitted infections and blood borne virus notification rates in Western Australia: Using linked data to improve estimates

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Watkins, Rochelle E ^a,b   Mak, Donna B ^a   Giele, Carolien M ^a   Clews, Sharon ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RECORD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VIREMIA;

ADULT; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIREMIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876791731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-404     Document Type: Article

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