Equality and difference: persisting historical themes in health and alcohol policies affecting Indigenous Australians
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Indigenous Australians and Oral Health
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.057455