Mortality, cause of death and life expectancy of Chinese Canadians in Alberta

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 500-505

  Quan, Hude ^a   Wang, Fu Lin ^b   Schopflocker, Donald ^b   De Coster, Carolyn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Chinese; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249012870     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405447     Document Type: Article

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