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California Wellness Study: American Indians and Obesity.
This paper identifies the prevalence and predictors of obesity among California's American Indian adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted at 13 rural sites. Indian healthcare clinics served as the sampling frame and were selected because of their proximity and access to the target population. Four-hundred and fifty adult American Indians participated; 74 percent were female and 26 percent...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Naturalist
سال: 1870
ISSN: 0003-0147,1537-5323
DOI: 10.1086/270551