Pubertal development in Mexican American Girls: The Family's perspective

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1210-1222

  Thelus Jean, Rosenie ^a   Bondy, Melissa L ^a   Wilkinson, Anna V ^a   Forman, Michele R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body image; Families; Fathers; Female; Focus groups; Mexican Americans; Mother child; Relationships; Women's health; Young women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENARCHE; MOTHER; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; FAMILY; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUBERTY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249143316     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309344326     Document Type: Article

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