African American and white differences in nutritional status among low-income women attending public health clinics

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-337

  Liu, Tiepu ^a   Soong, Seng Jaw ^a   Wang, Xingqiu ^a   Wilson, Nedra P ^a   Craig, Carol B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiology; Logistic regression; Nutrition; Odds ratio; Public health; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030293278     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0392     Document Type: Article

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