The association between acculturation and health practices among middle-aged and elderly latinas

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 166-180

  Cantero, Patricia J ^a,c   Richardson, Jean L ^a   Baezconde Garbanati, Lourdes ^a   Marks, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Elderly; Health Practices; Latinas; Middle aged

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LANGUAGE; LINEAR MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033092268     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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