Cardiovascular disease mortality among First Nations people in Canada, 1991–2001
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Cardiovascular disease mortality among First Nations people in Canada, 1991-2001.
OBJECTIVE To compare cardiovascular disease mortality patterns between First Nations people and non-Aboriginal adults by sex and by income adequacy quintile and level of educational attainment. METHODS A 15% sample of 1991 Canadian census respondents aged 25 years or older was previously linked to 11 years of mortality data. In this study, First Nations people were defined by North American I...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1925-6523
DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.32.4.04