A prospective cohort of American Indian and Alaska Native people: Study design, methods, and implementation

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 606-615

  Slattery, M L ^a   Schumacher, M C ^b   Lanier, A P ^b   Edwards, S ^a   Edwards, R ^a   Murtaugh, M A ^a   Sandidge, J ^b   Day, G E ^b   Kaufman, D ^c   Kanekar, S ^d   Tom Orme, L ^a   Henderson, J A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Black Hills Center for American Indian Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cohort studies; Diet; Indians, North American; Methods

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

AGE STRUCTURE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ACQUISITION; DIABETES; DIET; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIFESTYLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRACKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FAMILY HISTORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ALASKA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548014538     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm109     Document Type: Article

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