Gender, acculturation, food patterns, and overweight in Korean immigrants

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 734-745

  Jasti, Sunitha ^a   Lee, Chang Hyun ^b   Doak, Colleen ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Food; Gender; Korean immigrants; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255169428     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/ajhb.35.6.9     Document Type: Article

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