Disparities in chronic disease among canada's low-income populations

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Fang, Raymond ^a   Kmetic, Andrew ^a   Millar, John ^a   Drasic, Lydia ^a  

^a PROVINCIAL HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; POVERTY; SMOKING;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; POVERTY; SMOKING;

EID: 73349083405     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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