Socio-economic patterns of obesity among aboriginal and non-aboriginal canadians

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Ng, Carmina ^a,b   Corey, Paul N ^b   Young, T Kue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment; Indigenous population; Lifestyle; Obesity; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961204792     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404046     Document Type: Article

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