A traditional sami diet score as a determinant of mortality in a general northern Swedish population

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Nilsson, Lena Maria ^a   Winkvist, Anna ^b   Brustad, Magritt ^c   Jansson, Jan Håkan ^a,d   Johansson, Ingegerd ^a   Lenner, Per ^a   Lindahl, Bernt ^a   van Guelpen, Bethany ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Skelleftea Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mortality; Sami; The VIP cohort; Traditional food; Traditional lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION GROUPS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84866755414     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18537     Document Type: Article

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