Income, body fatness, and fat patterns in hispanic women from the hispanic health and nutrition examination survey

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 117-128

  Lopez, Laureen M ^a   Mâsse, Benoît R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; POVERTY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; POVERTY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0027564481     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339309516034     Document Type: Article

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