Neighbourhood ethnic composition and diet among Mexican-Americans

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2293-2301

  Reyes Ortiz, Carlos A ^a   Ju, Hyunsu ^b   Eschbach, Karl ^c   Kuo, Yong Fang ^b   Goodwin, James S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Ethnic composition; Health; Hispanics; Neighbourhood

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; DAUCUS CAROTA; LENS CULINARIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZEA MAYS;

ASCORBIC ACID; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCORBIC ACID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SELENIUM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949129861     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005047     Document Type: Article

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