Design and methods of the adult Inuit health survey 2007-2008

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Saudny, Helga ^a   Leggee, Donna ^a   Egeland, Grace ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Canadian arctic; Health research; International Polar Year; Inuit; Survey

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NAIL; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STATISTICS; SURVEY;

CANADIAN ARCTIC; HEALTH RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; INUIT; SURVEY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BONE DENSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INUITS; NAILS; NUNAVUT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELENIUM;

EID: 84872917712     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.19752     Document Type: Article

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