Increasing incidence and prevalence of diabetes among the Status Aboriginal population in urban and rural Alberta, 1995-2006

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-236

  Johnson, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Vermeulen, Stephanie U ^b   Toth, Ellen L ^a   Hemmelgarn, Brenda R ^c   Ralph Campbell, Kelli ^a   Hugel, Greg ^b   King, Malcolm ^a   Crowshoe, Lynden ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epidemiology; Rural health; Status Aboriginal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67649970402     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405547     Document Type: Article

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