Cultural aspects of African American eating patterns

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-260

  Airhihenbuwa, Collins O ^a   Kumanyika, Shiriki ^b   Agurs, Tanya D ^c   Lowe, Agatha ^d   Saunders, David ^e   Morssink, Christiaan B ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Urban Services   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

African American; Behavior; Blacks; Cardiovascular risk; Diet; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALT INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030225346     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961793     Document Type: Article

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