Avoidable mortality for causes amenable to medical care, by occupation in Canada, 1991-2001

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 500-506

  Mustard, Cameron A ^a,b   Bielecky, Amber ^a   Etches, Jacob ^a   Wilkins, Russell ^c,d   Tjepkema, Michael ^d   Amick, Benjamin C ^a,e   Smith, Peter M ^a,b   Aronson, Kristan J ^f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Health services research; Occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651312572     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403973     Document Type: Article

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