Dietary assessment of indigenous Canadian Arctic women with a focus on pregnancy and lactation

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-362

  Berti, Peter R ^a   Soueida, Rula ^b   Kuhnlein, Harriet V ^b  

^a HealthBridge   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Indigenous women; Canada; Dietary assessment; Lactating; Pregnant

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549123683     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v67i4.18340     Document Type: Article

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