Diet and hygiene in the lives of Gypsy Travellers in Hertfordshire

Community Dental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Edwards, Dympna M ^a   Watt, Richard G ^b  

^a Department of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Food; Gypsy; Hygiene; Oral health; Traveller

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GIPSY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; STANDARD; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GYPSIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0031085556     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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