Beginning a discussion of nutrition and health disparities

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lancaster, Kristie J ^a   Bermudez, Odilia I ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LATINOS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955407979     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.003459     Document Type: Note

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