Causes and contributions to differences in life expectancy for Inuit Nunangat and Canada, 1994-2003

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-49

  Peters, Paul A ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Inuit; Inuit Nunangat; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149147805     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v69i1.17429     Document Type: Article

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