Lower than expected morbidity and mortality for an Australian Aboriginal population: 10‐year follow‐up in a decentralised community
- 3 March 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 188 (5) , 283-287
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01621.x
Abstract
Objective: To examine mortality from all causes and from cardiovascular disease (CVD), and CVD hospitalisation rate for a decentralised Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory. Design and part...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Health and Medical Research Council
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