Decreasing traditional food use affects diet quality for adult Dene/Metis in 16 communities of the Canadian Northwest Territories

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2179-2186

  Receveur, O ^a   Boulay, M ^a   Kuhnlein, H V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Dietary change; Humans; Indigenous peoples

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; FOLIC ACID; IRON; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 0030856141     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.11.2179     Document Type: Article

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