Hospitalization due to pneumonia among Innu, Inuit and non-Aboriginal communities, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-28

  Alaghehbandan, Reza ^a   Gates, Kayla D ^a   MacDonald, Don ^a  

^a Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Innu; Inuit; Non Aboriginal people; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWFOUNDLAND; PNEUMONIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33845581079     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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