The greying of resource communities in northern British Columbia: Implications for health care delivery in already-underserviced communities

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Hanlon, Neil ^a   Halseth, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; RURAL PLANNING; SERVICE PROVISION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17044405099     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-3658.2005.00077.x     Document Type: Review

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