A Native American community initiative to prevent diabetes

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-285

  Hood, Virginia L ^a   Kelly, Benson ^b   Martinez, Charlene ^b   Shuman, Shevonne ^b   Secker Walker, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b St Regis Mohawk Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Exercise; Native American; Obesity

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; HEALTH INTERVENTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MOHAWK PEOPLE;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE; WELLBEING;

CANADA;

EID: 0031431385     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1997.9961836     Document Type: Article

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