Injury risk in British Columbia, Canada, 1986 to 2009: are Aboriginal children and youth over-represented?

Injury Epidemiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  George, M Anne ^a,b   Jin, Andrew ^c   Brussoni, Mariana ^a,b   Lalonde, Christopher E ^d   McCormick, Rod ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Epidemiology Consultant   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Adolescent (MeSH); British Columbia (MeSH); Canada (MeSH); Children (MeSH); Epidemiology (MeSH); First Nations; Indian; Indigenous population (MeSH); North American (MeSH); Wounds and injuries (MeSH)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADIAN ABORIGINAL; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY;

EID: 85027234039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21971714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40621-015-0039-2     Document Type: Article

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