Water insecurity in Canadian Indigenous communities: Some inconvenient truths

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Sarkar, A ^a   Hanrahan, M ^b   Hudson, A ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c NunatuKavut Community Council   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Canada; Diabetes; Injury; Inuit; Labrador; Obesity; Public water; Quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INUIT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84959422278     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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