Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 507-514 , June 2008

Challenges and Rewards of Health Research in Northern, Rural, and Remote Communities

  • Nancy Lightfoot, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
    • The Regional Cancer Program, Sudbury Regional Hospital, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Nancy Lightfoot, PhD, Regional Cancer Program, Sudbury Regional Hospital, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, P3E 5J1. Tel.: 1-705-522-6237 ext. 2488; fax: 1-705-523-7326.
    • ,
  • Roger Strasser, MBBS, MCISC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
    • ,
  • Marion Maar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
    • ,
  • Kristen Jacklin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine

Received 7 September 2007 ,Accepted 29 November 2007.

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PII: S1047-2797(07)00495-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.11.016

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 18, Issue 6 , Pages 507-514 , June 2008

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