Fire-related deaths among aboriginal people in Bristish Columbia, 1991-2001

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-304

  Gilbert, Mark ^a   Dawar, Meenakshi ^b   Armour, Rosemary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Fires; Indians; Mortality; North American

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABORIGINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALARM MONITOR; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC HAZARD; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 33748460529     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405608     Document Type: Article

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