Bi-cultural dynamics for risk and protective factors for cardiometabolic health in an Alaska Native (Yup'ik) population.

Alaska Native people experience disparities in mortality from heart disease and stroke. This work attempts to better understand the relationships between socioeconomic, behavioral, and cardiometabolic risk factors among Yup'ik people of southwestern Alaska, with a focus on the role of the socio...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jacques Philip, Tove K Ryman, Scarlett E Hopkins, Diane M O'Brien, Andrea Bersamin, Jeremy Pomeroy, Kenneth E Thummel, Melissa A Austin, Bert B Boyer, Kirk Dombrowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5665420?pdf=render