The impact of diabetes mellitus among the Metis of western Canada

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-57

  Bruce, Sharon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal peoples survey; Diabetes; Ethnicity; Heart problems; Hypertension; Metis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; ETHNIC MINORITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

CANADA;

EID: 0034073950     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850050007347     Document Type: Article

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