At risk in two worlds: Injury mortality among Indigenous people in the US and Australia, 1990-92

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 641-644

  Smith, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DROWNING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032427682     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1998.tb01461.x     Document Type: Article

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