Dietary differences among women of Polish descent by country of birth and duration of residency in the United States

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-226

  Dunham, Daniel P ^a,c   Czysczon, Agnes ^c   Chávez, Noel ^b   Piorkowski, Julie ^b   Persky, Victoria ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervical cancer; Coronary artery disease; Diet; Nutrition; Polish

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; MIGRATION; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; STOMACH TUMOR; TIME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHICAGO; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 3242814740     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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