Food habits of drug-using Puerto Rican women in inner-city Hartford

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-298

  Romero Daza, Nancy ^a   Himmelgreen, David A ^a   Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^b   Segura Millán, Sofia ^b   Singer, Merrill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Drug use; Food habits; Inner city; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040218430     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.1999.9966158     Document Type: Article

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