Evaluating guiding questions for an ethnographic study of Mexican American women with diabetes

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Benavides Vaello, Sandra ^a   Brown, Sharon A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Diabetes; Ethnography; Food habits; Mexican American

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 77953366787     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1540-4153.8.2.77     Document Type: Article

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