The mouth as a site of structural inequalities; The experience of aboriginal australians

Community Dental Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 161-163

  Durey, A ^a   Bessarab, D ^a   Slack Smith, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health services; Indigenous; Inequalities; Oral health; Structural factors

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE; DENTAL CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORAL HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84973307856     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_3717Durey03     Document Type: Article

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