Closing the Gaps: Competing estimates of Indigenous Australian life expectancy in the scientific literature

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 356-364

  Rosenstock, Amanda ^a   Mukandi, Bryan ^a   Zwi, Anthony B ^b   Hill, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Australian; Indigenous; life expectancy; longevity; mortality

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; AUSTRALIAN; INDIGENOUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 84881512522     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12084     Document Type: Article

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