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Most of the epidemiologic data describing frac-tures have been derived from white populations,1although it is known that there is ethnic varia-tion in the epidemiology of fractures.2–4 Canadian First Na-tions people are known to suffer from a heavy burden of medical and social problems that may affe...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.613.1413 http://www.cmaj.ca/content/171/8/869.full.pdf |
| Summary: | Most of the epidemiologic data describing frac-tures have been derived from white populations,1although it is known that there is ethnic varia-tion in the epidemiology of fractures.2–4 Canadian First Na-tions people are known to suffer from a heavy burden of medical and social problems that may affect fracture rates.5 To date, however, there have been no satisfactory studies of fracture rates among North American Aboriginal groups. We sought to determine the overall and site-specific fracture rates of First Nations people compared with non-First Na-tions people in Manitoba. |
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