Acculturation and disordered eating patterns among Mexican American women

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-129

  Chamorro, Rebeca ^a,c   Flores Ortiz, Yvette ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Disordered eating; Mexican American women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BULIMIA; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL VALUES; WOMEN;

EID: 0034110678     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(200007)28:1<125::AID-EAT16>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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