Marital food interaction and dietary behavior

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 787-796

  Schafer, Robert B ^a   Schafer, Elisabeth ^a   Dunbar, Martin ^b   Keith, Patricia M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary quality; Dietary self efficacy; Food habits; Marital interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOKERY; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032989679     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00377-3     Document Type: Article

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