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Indigenous health part 1: determinants and disease patterns [1]

The world's almost 400 million Indigenous people have low standards of health. This poor health is associated with poverty, malnutrition, overcrowding, poor hygiene, environmental contamination, and prevalent infections. Inadequate clinical care and health promotion, and poor disease prevention services aggravate this situation.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2009
Michael Gracey [2], Malcolm King [3]
Lancet [4]
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Lifestyles [5], Malnutrition [6], Health [7], Consumption Patterns [8], Tribals [9], Health Care [10], Heart Diseases [11], Diabetes [12], Non Communicable Diseases [13], Obesity [14], Mental Health [15], Poverty [16], Australia [17]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michael-gracey
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/malcolm-king
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/lancet
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lifestyles
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/consumption-patterns
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heart-diseases
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diabetes
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/non-communicable-diseases
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/obesity
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mental-health
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia