The health of Inuit children under age 6 in Canada

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Findlay, Leanne C ^a   Janz, Teresa A ^b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Inuit; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84870988842     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18580     Document Type: Article

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