Do latino immigrants link self-rated health with BMI and health behaviors?

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 535-544

  Kepka, Deanna ^a   Suchi Ayala, Guadalupe X ^b   Cherrington, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Latinos; Lifestyle behaviors; Overweight; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548546473     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.31.5.9     Document Type: Article

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