Unintentional injuries among children and adolescents in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-71

  Alaghehbandan, Reza ^a,b   Sikdar, Khokan C ^a,b   MacDonald, Don ^a,b   Collins, Kayla D ^a,b   Rossignol, Annette M ^c  

^a Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboriginal communities; Canada; Children; Newfoundland and Labrador; Unintentional injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149155362     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v69i1.17386     Document Type: Article

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