Family health history and health behaviors in Alaska Native and American indian people

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 678-694

  Slattery, Martha L ^a   Murtaugh, Maureen A ^a   Lanier, Anne P ^b   Ma, Khe Ni ^a   Ferucci, Elizabeth D ^b   Etzel, Ruth A ^c   Edwards, Sandra ^a  

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

^b ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^c SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; American indian; Cancer; Diabetes; Diet; Family history; Health; Heart disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALASKA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; STROKE;

EID: 70349571584     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0191     Document Type: Article

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