Using GIS in a first national mapping of functional disability among older American Indians and Alaska natives from the 2000 census

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Moss, Margaret P ^a   Schell, Matthew C ^b   Goins, R Turner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CENSUSES; DISABLED PERSONS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749513601     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-37     Document Type: Article

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