Predicting barriers to healthy eating and physical activity among black women

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-59

  Reinli, Kathrin ^a   Will, Julie C ^b   Thompson Reid, Patricia ^b   Liburd, Leandris ^b   Anderson, Lynda A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029874892     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1996.5.51     Document Type: Article

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