Unintentional injury hospitalizations among children and youth in areas with a high percentage of Aboriginal identity residents: 2001/2002 to 2005/2006

Health Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Oliver, Lisa N ^a   Kohen, Dafna E ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child health; Drowning; Hospital records; Inuit; M tis; Poisoning; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872854062     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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