Differences in obstetric care among nulliparous First Nations and non-First Nations women in British Columbia, Canada.

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Canada's Aboriginal population faces significantly higher rates of stillbirth and neonatal and postnatal death than those seen in the general population. The objective of this study was to compare indicators of obstetric care quality and use of obstetric interventions between First Nations and non-First Nations mothers in British Columbia, Canada.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): CMAJ

Title: CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne

ISSN (Electronic): 1488-2329

ISSN (Print): 0820-3946

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2 2016

Volume: 188

Issue: 2

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[1 ] Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (Riddell), McGill University, Montréal, Qué.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Hutcheon, Dahlgren), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC corinne.riddell@mail.mcgill.ca.

[2 ] Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (Riddell), McGill University, Montréal, Qué.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Hutcheon, Dahlgren), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

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Publisher Item ID: cmaj.150223

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.150223

PubMed ID: 26527824

SO-VID: e7f764d2-a70f-480a-b5b9-19934a96c2aa

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