Imported compounded diet pill use among Brazilian women immigrants in the United States

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-236

  Cohen, Pieter A ^a,b   McCormick, Danny ^a,b   Casey, Carolyn ^b   Dawson, Glen F ^c   Hacker, Karen A ^b,c  

^a Cambridge Health Alliance ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Institute for Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite suppressants; Cultural issues; Disordered eating; Immigrant health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIGENIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE WOMAN; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649097697     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9099-x     Document Type: Article

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