Health behaviors among American Indian/Alaska native women, 1998-2000 BRFSS

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 919-927

  Doshi, Sonal R ^a   Jiles, Ruth ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LEISURE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33751220237     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.919     Document Type: Article

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