Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity among Latina immigrants

Women and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 43-56

  Evenson, Kelly R ^a   Sarmiento, Olga L ^a   Macon, M Lisa ^b   Tawney, Kathy W ^c   Ammerman, Alice S ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

(MeSH terms): Emigration and immigration; Exercise; Focus groups; Hispanic Americans; Leisure activities; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD CARE; COLOMBIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EL SALVADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; LEISURE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; RELATIVE; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036450924     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v36n02_04     Document Type: Article

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