Diabetes awareness and body size perceptions of Cree schoolchildren

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1051-1058

  Willows, Noreen D ^a   Marshall, Dru ^a   Raine, Kim ^a   Ridley, Denise C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; QUEBEC;

EID: 71749108316     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp064     Document Type: Article

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