Mortality of urban Aboriginal adults in Canada, 1991-2001

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-21

  Tjepkema, Michael ^a   Wilkins, R ^a,b   Senecal S ^c,d   Guimond, E ^c,d   Penney, C ^c  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Government of Canada   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; Age standardized mortality rates; First Nations; Inuit; Life expectancy; M tis; Mortality rate; North American Indians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78650824760     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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