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Editorial
. 2023 May 24:11:1150221.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1150221. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Indigenous knowledge and chronic disease prevention among the first people of North America

Melinda S Smith  1 , Nicolette Teufel-Shone  2
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Editorial: Indigenous knowledge and chronic disease prevention among the first people of North America

Melinda S Smith et al. Front Public Health. .
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Keywords: Indigenous framework; Indigenous health; Indigenous knowledge; chronic disease treatment and prevention; community-based participatory research (CBPR).

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