Obesity and the African-American woman: A cultural tolerance of fatness or other neglected factors?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 446-453

  Wolfe, William A ^a  

^a John F Kennedy Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Women; Cultural Tolerance; Neglected Factors; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034279378     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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