Obesity studies in the circumpolar Inuit: A scoping review

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Galloway, Tracey ^a   Blackett, Hilary ^b,c   Chatwood, Susan ^b,c   Jeppesen, Charlotte ^d   Kandola, Kami ^e   Linton, Janice ^f   Bjerregaard, Peter ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Institute for Circumpolar Health Research   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Adult; Alaska; Canada; Child; Greenland; Health; North; Overweight; Systematic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC; CANADA; CHILD; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872931259     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18698     Document Type: Review

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