The Relevancy of Community-Based Methods: Using Diet within Native American and Alaska Native Adult Populations as an Example

Clinical and Translational Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Fialkowski, Marie K ^a   Okoror, Titilayo A ^a   Boushey, Carol J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan Natives; Chronic diseases; Community based participatory research; Dietary intake; Native Americans; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SODIUM INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALASKA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DIET; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84862214783     PISSN: 17528054     EISSN: 17528062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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