Correlates of availability and accessibility of fruits and vegetables in homes of low-income Hispanic families

Health Education Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-108

  Dave, Jayna M ^a   Evans, Alexandra E ^b   Pfeiffer, Karin A ^c   Watkins, Ken W ^d   Saunders, Ruth P ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PARENTS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 75649130347     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyp044     Document Type: Article

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