Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cardiovascular Health 2016: Is the Gap Closing?

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 765-767

  Walsh, Warren ^a   Kangaharan, Nadarajah ^b,c,d  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; TREND STUDY; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 84991275237     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.05.110     Document Type: Editorial

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