Limited English Proficiency Is a Barrier to Receipt of Advice about Physical Activity and Diet among Hispanics with Chronic Diseases in the United States

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1769-1774

  Lopez Quintero, Catalina ^a   Berry, Elliot M ^a   Neumark, Yehuda ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; DIET; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349231404     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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