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. 2016 Jul 1;107(4-5):e342–e346. doi: 10.17269/CJPH.107.5969

Missing and murdered Indigenous women: Working with families to prepare for the National Inquiry

Femmes autochtones disparues ou assassinées: travailler avec les familles en prévision de l’Enquête nationale

Janet Smylie 12,22,, Magen Cywink
PMCID: PMC6972438  PMID: 28026695

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