Cardiovascular disease

Authors

Neil Thomson, Edith Cowan University
Janette Brooks, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

School of Psychology

RAS ID

4244

Comments

Thomson, N. J., & Brooks, J. A. (2003). Cardiovascular disease. In Thomson, Neil (Eds.). The health of indigenous Australians (pp. 186-206). Location: Oxford University Press. Available here.

Abstract

CVD was the leading cause of death for Indigenous people living in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory combined for the period 1997-99 being responsible for 30% of deaths.