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Chronic Diseases and Risk Factors in Canada’s Northern Populations: Longitudinal and Geographic Comparisons
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Deering, Kahtleen N., Lix, Lisa M., Bruce, Sharon, Young, T. Kue
"Objective: Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability worldwide and place considerable burden on the Canadian health care system. This research investigates the self-reported prevalence of major chronic diseases and risk factors in northern Canadian populations and compares...
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2009
Lix, Lisa M., Bruce, Sharon, Sarkar, Joykrishna, Young, T. Kue
"Background: In Canada, the prevalence of behavioural risk factors and chronic conditions differs for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, but little research has examined changes over time. This study compares several major risk factors and chronic conditions in Aboriginal and...