Birth outcomes and infant mortality among First Nations Inuit, and non-Indigenous women by northern versus southern residence, Quebec

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 328-333

  Luo, Zhong Cheng ^a   Wilkins, Russell ^b,c   Heaman, Maureen ^d   Smylie, Janet ^e   Martens, Patricia J ^f   McHugh, Nancy G L ^g   Labranche, Elena ^h   Simonet, Fabienne ^a   Wassimi, Spogmai ^a   Minich, Katherine ⁱ   Fraser, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g Social Services Commission   (Canada)

^h Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISK; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFANT MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUBPOPULATION;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICS;

BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INUITS; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84858292492     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.092619     Document Type: Article

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