The historical roots of high rates of infant death in Aboriginal communities in Canada in the early twentieth century: The case of Fisher River, Manitoba

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1821-1832

  Moffat, Tina ^a   Herring, Ann ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease ecology; History; Indigenous people; Infant mortality; Political economy

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFANT MORTALITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; POLITICS; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; ECOLOGY; HEALTH TRANSITION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MANITOBA; SEASONS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

CANADA;

EID: 0033035614     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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