Racial discrimination, post-traumatic stress and prescription drug problems among aboriginal Canadians

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e382-e387

  Currie, Cheryl ^a   Wild, T Cameron ^b   Schopflocher, Donald ^b   Laing, Lory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Canada; Posttraumatic stress; Prescription drugs; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; CANADA; DRUG MISUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; RACISM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954230423     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/CJPH.106.4979     Document Type: Article

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