Health service utilization by Manitoba children

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Brownell, Marni D ^a   Kozyrskyj, Anita ^a   Roos, Noralou P ^a   Friesen, David ^a   Mayer, Teresa ^b   Sullivan, Kip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Health Care Campaign of Minnesota   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH VISITOR; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036876642     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403620     Document Type: Article

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