Aging and health behaviors in Mexican Americans

Family and Community Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 11-18

  Markides, Kyriakos S ^a   Black, Sandra A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Health behaviors; Mexican Americans; Obesity; Physical activity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002587626     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199607000-00005     Document Type: Article

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