The contribution of soul and Caribbean foods to nutrient intake in a sample of blacks of US and Caribbean descent in the adventist health study-2: A pilot study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 244-249

  Akbar, Jabar A ^a   Jaceldo Siegl, Karen ^b   Fraser, Gary ^b   Herring, R Patti ^b   Yancey, Antronette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Diet; Ethnic foods; Food frequency questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BEAN; CARIBBEAN DIET; CHEESE; CORN; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGUME; MALE; MESCAL BEAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; OKRA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RICE; TELEPHONE; TOMATO; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447542820     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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