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The issues influencing community health services and primary health care
EDITORIAL

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

Geoffrey Spurling A , Catrina Felton-Busch B and Sarah Larkins C
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A Primary Care Clinical Unit, University of Queensland, Level 8 Health Sciences Building, Building 16/910, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Qld 4029, Australia.

B Centre for Rural and Remote Health, James Cook University, 1 James Cook Drive, Douglas, Qld 4811, Australia.

C College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, 1 James Cook Drive, Douglas, Qld 4811, Australia.

Australian Journal of Primary Health 24(5) i-ii https://doi.org/10.1071/PYv24n5_ED
Published: 19 October 2018


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