A cross-cultural perspective on obesity and health in three groups of women: The Mississippi Choctaw, American Samoans, and African Americans

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Bindon, Jim ^a   Dressler, William W ^a   Gilliland, M Janice ^b   Crews, Douglas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Diabetes; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; AMERICAN SAMOA; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMERICAN SAMOA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34147140374     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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