Filipino women living in Canada: Constructing meanings of body, food, and health

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-194

  Farrales, Lynn L ^a   Chapman, Gwen E ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILIPPINES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHILIPPINES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033094488     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993399245872     Document Type: Article

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