Under- and over-nutrition among refugees in San Diego County, California

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-168

  Rondinelli, Amanda J ^a   Morris, Meghan D ^a   Rodwell, Timothy C ^a   Moser, Kathleen S ^b   Paida, Paulino ^b   Popper, Steve T ^a   Brouwer, Kimberly C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nutrition; Overweight; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; OVERNUTRITION; OVERWEIGHT; REFUGEES;

EID: 79551490512     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-010-9353-5     Document Type: Article

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