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Housing and health in Indigenous communities: Key issues for housing and health improvement in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

  1. Ross S. Bailie,
  2. Kayli J. Wayte

Article first published online: 10 OCT 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00804.x

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Australian Journal of Rural Health

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volume 14, Issue 5, pages 178–183, October 2006

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Bailie, R. S. and Wayte, K. J. (2006), Housing and health in Indigenous communities: Key issues for housing and health improvement in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 14: 178–183. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00804.x

Author Information

  1. Menzies School of Health Research, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia

*Professor Kayli Wayte, Menzies School of Health Research, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0810, Australia. Email: kayli.wayte@menzies.edu.au

  1. Contribution of authors: Ross Bailie wrote this article, with successive feedback and modification done by Kayli Wayte.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 OCT 2006
  2. Article first published online: 10 OCT 2006
  3. Accepted for publication 22 May 2006.

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