The impact of modernisation on the diets of adults aged 20-40 years from Samoan Church Communities in Auckland

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 4-9

  Colin Bell, A ^a,b   Swinburn, Boyd A ^a   Amosa, Henga ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a   Sharpe, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults 20 40 years; Cross sectional; Dietary intake; Food frequency Questionnaire; New Zealand; Pacific Islands People

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750184570     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053959901100102     Document Type: Article

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