Cancer-related health behaviours and health service use among Inuit and other residents of Canada's north

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1396-1403

  McDonald, James Ted ^a   Trenholm, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Canada; Cancer screening; Ethnicity; Health behaviours; Inuit; Service use; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRINKING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOGISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESKIMO; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANADA; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INUITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA; JAMESIE; LABRADOR; MANITOBA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; NUNAVIK; NUNAVUT; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SASKATCHEWAN;

METIS;

EID: 77950937718     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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