Alaska Native Mortality, 1979–1998
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Mortality trends among Alaska Native people: successes and challenges
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Reports
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0033-3549,1468-2877
DOI: 10.1093/phr/118.6.518