Dietary Quality among Latinos: Is Acculturation Making Us Sick?

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a  

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EID: 77950624611     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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