Acculturation and Ethnic-Minority Health Behavior: A Test of the Operant Model

Health Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 737-745

  Corral, Irma ^a   Landrine, Hope ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; diet; exercise; minorities; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; TELEPHONE; VEGETABLE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 57749114843     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.27.6.737     Document Type: Article

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