Historical trends and regional differences in all-cause and amenable mortality among American Indians and Alaska Natives since 1950

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2014, Pages

  Kunitz, Stephen J ^a   Veazie, Mark ^b   Henderson, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Black Hills Center for American Indian Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INUIT; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901047340     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301684     Document Type: Review

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