Fruit and vegetable consumption of older Mexican-American women is associated with their acculturation level

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-95

  Gregory Mercado, Karen Y ^a   Staten, Lisa K ^c   Ranger Moore, James ^c,d   Thomson, Cynthia A ^d   Will, Julie C ^a   Ford, Earl S ^b   Guillen, Jose ^d   Larkey, Linda K ^c,d   Giuliano, Anna R ^e   Marshall, James ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating behavior; Hispanic; Mexican American; Middle aged women; Migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; CULTURE; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33744983079     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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