Infectious disease mortality among American Indians and Alaska natives, 1999û2009

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Cheek, James E ^a   Holman, Robert C ^b   Redd, John T ^c   Haberling, Dana ^b   Hennessy, Thomas W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INUIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901036273     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301721     Document Type: Review

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