Dietary and lifestyle practices of hmong in California

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1258-1269

  Yang, Richard C ^a   Mills, Paul K ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diets; Food frequencies; Health; Hmong

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CALIFORNIA; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149183068     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0096     Document Type: Article

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