Reducing the health disparities of Indigenous Australians: time to change focus

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Reducing the health disparities of Indigenous Australians: time to change focus

Background: Indigenous peoples have worse health than non-Indigenous, are over-represented amongst the poor and disadvantaged, have lower life expectancies, and success in improving disparities is limited. To address this, research usually focuses on disadvantaged and marginalised groups, offering o...

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Main Authors:	Durey, Angela, Thompson, Sandra
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	BioMed Central 2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36373

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