Inequities in diabetes outcomes among urban first nation and métis communities: Can addressing diversities in preventive services make a difference?

International Indigenous Policy Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ghosh, Hasu ^a   Spitzer, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diversity; Inequities; Pan Aboriginal approach; Preventive health services; Urban First Nation and M tis people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992180658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19165781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2014.5.1.2     Document Type: Article

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