Leading causes of death and all-cause mortality in American Indians and Alaska Natives

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Espey, David K ^a,b   Jim, Melissa A ^a   Cobb, Nathaniel ^b   Bartholomew, Michael ^b   Becker, Tom ^c   Haverkamp, Don ^a   Plescia, Marcus ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INUIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901020301     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301798     Document Type: Article

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