Traditional food consumption behavior and concern with environmental contaminants among Cree schoolchildren of the Mushkegowuk territory

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hlimi, Tina ^a   Skinner, Kelly ^a   Hanning, Rhona M ^a   Martin, Ian D ^a   Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Environmental contaminants; First nations; Food insecurity; Hierarchical log linear modelling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEAT; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84859127887     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.17344     Document Type: Article

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