Heart disease mortality among Alaska native people, 1981-2007

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-83

  Johnston, Janet M ^a   Day, Gretchen Ehrsam ^b   Veazie, Mark A ^c   Provost, Ellen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951531152     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600111     Document Type: Article

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