Getting to the root of trauma in Canada's Aboriginal population

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1023-1024

  Caron, Nadine R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; CANADA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBSERVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 17444425777     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050304     Document Type: Note

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