Community-based health research led by the Vuntut Gwitchin first nation

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 396-406

  Wesche, Sonia ^a   Schuster, Roseanne C ^a   Tobin, Pam ^a   Dickson, Cindy ^b   Matthiessen, Darcie ^b   Graupe, Shel ^c   Williams, Megan ^c   Chan, Hing Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Circumpolar Relations   (Canada)

^c Vuntut Gwitchin Government   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community based research; First nations; Food security; Multidisciplinary; Yukon

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053178731     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v70i4.17846     Document Type: Article

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