Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William D. Leslie
Shelley A. Derksen
Colleen Metge
Lisa M. Lix
Elizabeth A. Salamon
Pauline Wood Steiman
Leslie L. Roos
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, January/February 2005, pp. S45-S50
Description
Sample for study consisted of 31,557 Registered First Nations adults 20 or older selected using the Manitoba administrative health data (1987-1999). It concluded that while First Nations people are at higher risk for fracture, the causal factors were unclear, and further study was needed to evaluate possible explanatory variables.
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