Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 96-100 , April 2009

Bridging the Survival Gap Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians: Priorities for the Road Ahead

  • Alex Brown

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Indigenous Vascular and Diabetes Research, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, 4/19 Hartley Street, Alice Springs, NT 0870, Australia
    • School of Population Health, University of Queensland, St Lucia Qld 4072, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Centre for Indigenous Vascular and Diabetes Research, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, 4/19 Hartley Street, Alice Springs, NT 0870, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 8959 0111; fax: +61 8 8952 1557.
    web address

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PII: S1443-9506(09)00044-4

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.01.005

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 96-100 , April 2009

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