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Widening inequality in extreme macrosomia between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations of Québec, Canada

  1. Nathalie Auger1,
  2. Alison L. Park1,
  3. Hamado Zoungrana2,
  4. Mélanie Fon Sing3,
  5. Ernest Lo4,
  6. Zhong-Cheng Luo5

Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12011

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volume 37, Issue 1, pages 58–62, February 2013

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Auger, N., Park, A. L., Zoungrana, H., Sing, M. F., Lo, E. and Luo, Z.-C. (2013), Widening inequality in extreme macrosomia between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations of Québec, Canada. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37: 58–62. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12011

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  1. 1

    Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Canada; Research Center of the University of Montréal Hospital Centre, Québec, Canada

  2. 2

    Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kuujjuaq, Canada

  3. 3

    Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, France

  4. 4

    Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Canada

  5. 5

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Montréal, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Québec, Canada

* Correspondence to: Dr. Nathalie Auger, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, 190 boul. Crémazie Est, Montréal, Québec H2P 1E2, Canada; e-mail: nathalie.auger@inspq.qc.ca

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 5 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 5 FEB 2013
  3. Submitted: May 2012 Revision requested: August 2012 Accepted: November 2012

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