A family-based intervention to promote healthy lifestyles in an aboriginal community in Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 447-452

  Anand, Sonia S ^a,b   Davis, A Darlene ^c   Ahmed, Rashid ^b   Jacobs, Ruby ^c   Xie, Changchun ^b   Hill, Amber ^c   Sowden, Joon ^c   Atkinson, Stephanie ^a   Blimkie, Cameron ^a   Brouwers, Melissa ^a   Morrison, Katherine ^a   de Koning, Larry ^b   Gerstein, Hertzel ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Six Nations Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Health behaviours; Lifestyle; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349019509     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405436     Document Type: Article

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