South Dakota: The Co-Occurrence Of Obesity, Elevated Blood Pressure, And Acanthosis Nigricans ...

South Dakota: The Co-Occurrence Of Obesity, Elevated Blood Pressure, And Acanthosis Nigricans Among American Indian School Children: Identifying Individual Heritage And Environment-Level Correlates Mary O. Hearst, Melissa N. Laska, John H. Himes, Mark Butterbrodt, Alan Sinaiko, Richard Iron Cloud, Mary Tobacco, and Mary Story, 2011   Objective: To estimate the prevalence and explore the social and cultural etiologic roots of weight status, blood pressure, and acanthosis nigricans among...

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