Cancer patterns in Inuit Nunangat: 1998-2007

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Carrière, Gisèle M ^a   Tjepkema, Michael ^a   Pennock, Jennifer ^b   Goedhuis, Neil ^b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal identity; Cancer incidence; Mortality; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872943474     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18581     Document Type: Article

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