Eating disturbances in women of color: An exploratory study of contextual factors in the development of disordered eating in Mexican American women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-298

  Kuba, Sue A ^a   Harris, Diane J ^b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN;

EID: 0035323273     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330118233     Document Type: Article

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