Nutritional status of vietnamese female marriage immigrants to Korea in relation to length of residence in Korea

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Lyu, Ji Eun ^a   Yang, Yoon Jung ^c   Lee, Sang Eun ^a   Chung, Hye Won ^b   Kim, Mi Kyung ^a   Kim, Wha Young ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dietary acculturation; Marriage immigrants; Nutritional status; Vietnamese female

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOUTH KOREA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNDERWEIGHT; VIET NAM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ANEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349890210     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000245939     Document Type: Article

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