Rationale, design and methodology for the Navajo Health and Nutrition Survey

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 10 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  White, Linda L ^a   Goldberg, Howard I ^b   Gilbert, Tim J ^c   Ballew, Carol ^b   Mendlein, James M ^b   Peter, Douglas G ^a   Percy, Christopher A ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^b  

^a INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Health status; Navajo; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030880786     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.10.2078s     Document Type: Article

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