Cancer prevention among urban Southwestern American Indian women: Comparison to selected Year 2000 national health objectives

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 383-390

  Risendal, Betsy ^a   Dezapien, Jill ^b   Fowler, Brenda ^a   Papenfuss, Mary ^a   Giuliano, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian health; Cancer prevention; Minority women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARIZONA; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033178835     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(99)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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