Dietary intake of modernizing Samoans: Implications for risk of cardiovascular disease

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 184-190

  Galanis, Daniel J ^a   McGarvey, Stephen T ^b   Quested, Christine ^c   Sio, Brenda ^d   Afele Fa'Amuli, Salei'a ^e  

^a HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Hospital   (Samoa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Samoa)

^e American Samoa Community College   (Samoa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CORONARY RISK; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMOAN ISLANDS; SODIUM INTAKE;

EID: 0033060469     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(99)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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