Morbidity and mortality rates in a Nova Scotia First Nations community, 1996-1999

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 369-374

  Webster, Duncan ^a,d   Weerasinghe, Swarna ^b   Stevens, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Eskasoni Primary Care Clinic   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 4944231986     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405149     Document Type: Article

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