Ethnicity and diet of children: Development of culturally sensitive measures

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 735-747

  Bruss, Mozhdeh B ^a   Applegate, Brooks ^a   Quitugua, Jackie ^b   Palacios, Rosa T ^c   Morris, Joseph R ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNMI Public School System Science   (Northern Mariana Islands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Culture; Diet; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35548993177     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106294648     Document Type: Article

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