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International Journal of Circumpolar Health Volume 69, 2010 - Issue 2
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The health of Canada’s Aboriginal children: results from the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey

Harriet L. MacMillanMembers of the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey - National Steering Committee (at the time of the 1997 data collection) and Principal Investigator Committees from the Offord Centre for Child Studies affiliated with McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada;Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, CanadaCorrespondenceEmail: [email protected]
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Ellen JamiesonMembers of the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey - National Steering Committee (at the time of the 1997 data collection) and Principal Investigator Committees from the Offord Centre for Child Studies affiliated with McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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Chrstine WalshMembers of the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey - National Steering Committee (at the time of the 1997 data collection) and Principal Investigator Committees from the Offord Centre for Child Studies affiliated with McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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Michael BoyleMembers of the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey - National Steering Committee (at the time of the 1997 data collection) and Principal Investigator Committees from the Offord Centre for Child Studies affiliated with McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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Allison CrawfordMembers of the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey - National Steering Committee (at the time of the 1997 data collection) and Principal Investigator Committees from the Offord Centre for Child Studies affiliated with McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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Angus MacMillanMembers of the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey - National Steering Committee (at the time of the 1997 data collection) and Principal Investigator Committees from the Offord Centre for Child Studies affiliated with McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Canada;Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Pages 158-167 | Received 04 Sep 2009, Accepted 26 Nov 2009, Published online: 26 Apr 2010

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