Fruit and vegetable consumption among Mexican-American college students

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1399-1402

  Evans, Alexandra E ^a,b,c   Sawyer Morse, Marykaye ^d   Betsinger, Alicia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EATING; FEMALE; FRUIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EATING; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0034322112     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(00)00388-6     Document Type: Article

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