Determinants of reported health promotion behaviors in employed Mexican American women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-163

  Duffy, Mary E ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0031093687     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339709516270     Document Type: Article

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