More than a third of all cancers in the United States are thought to be attributable to various nutritional factors, and major changes in nutrition have been experienced by American Indians and Alaska Natives in the past century.
Arthritis prevalence and associations in American Indian and Alaska native people
β Scribed by Ferucci, Elizabeth D. ;Schumacher, M. Catherine ;Lanier, Anne P. ;Murtaugh, Maureen A. ;Edwards, Sandra ;Helzer, Laurie J. ;Tom-Orme, Lillian ;Slattery, Martha L.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 121 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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