Changes in exposure to 'life stressors' in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, 2002 to 2008

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stevens, Matthew ^a   Paradies, Yin ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous; Mental health; Remoteness; Social and emotional wellbeing; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREJUDICE; RACISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893704463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-144     Document Type: Article

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