Dietary intake of Alaska Native people in two regions and implications for health: The Alaska Native dietary and subsistence food assessment project

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-122

  Johnson, Jennifer S ^a   Nobmann, Elizabeth D ^b   Asay, Elvin ^a   Lanier, Anne P ^a  

^a ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b EDN Nutrition Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

24 h recall; Alaska native; Diet; Diet related disease; Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449108442     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v68i2.18320     Document Type: Article

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