Focused interviews with Sudanese Americans: Perceptions about diet, nutrition, and cancer

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 502-509

  Elmubarak, Essam ^a   Bromfield, Elaine ^a   Bovell Benjamin, Adelia C ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dietary beliefs; Focus group; Food habits; Food practices; Food preparation methods

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FRYING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MONEY; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS; SUDAN;

EID: 14644388091     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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