Innovative approaches in public health research

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 444-446

  Estey, Elizabeth A ^a   Kmetic, Andrew M ^a   Reading, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Epidemiology; Indigenous populations; Respiratory tract diseases; Techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249060682     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405435     Document Type: Note

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