Unintentional injury mortality among American Indians and Alaska natives in the United States, 1990û2009

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Murphy, Tierney ^a   Pokhrel, Pallavi ^a   Worthington, Anne ^a   Billie, Holly ^b   Sewell, Mack ^c   Bill, Nancy ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c Wyoming Department of Workforce Services   (United States)

^d Behavioral Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INUIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84901020303     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301854     Document Type: Review

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