Dietary Quality among Latinos: Is Acculturation Making Us Sick?

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 988-991

  Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; DIET; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649097671     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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