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Peer reviewedHorm, John W.; Burhansstipanov, Linda – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1992
Overall cancer incidence among southwestern American Indians is less than half that of U.S. whites; Alaska Native and white rates are similar. However, both native groups have elevated rates for specific cancers (stomach, liver, and gallbladder), and Indians have low five-year survival rates. Data tables outline incidence, mortality, and survival…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Cancer
Download full textJones, Dorothy M. – 1974
Twenty-seven social service agencies in Anchorage, Alaska were examined for purposes of determining the: (1) organizational structure of Anchorage social service systems, (2) impact of agency structures on Alaska Native clients, and (3) extent to which agency organizational structures reflect the interests and values of bureaucrats and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, American Indians
