Acculturation, socioeconomic factors and obesity among immigrants from el salvador living in the Washington, D.C. area

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 43-59

  Bertera, Elizabeth M ^a   Bertera, Robert L ^b   Shankar, Sharada ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Health information sources; Hispanics; Media preferences; Percent overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248600533     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v12n02_03     Document Type: Article

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