Nutritional concerns in American Indian and Alaska native children: Transitions and future directions

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-176

  Story, Mary ^a,d   Strauss, Karen F ^b   Zephier, Elenora ^c   Broussard, Brenda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; REVIEW; CHRONIC DISEASE; FORECASTING; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FORECASTING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031935305     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(98)00042-X     Document Type: Review

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