Recycling attitudes and behavior among a clinic-based sample of low-income hispanic women in southeast texas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Pearson, Heidi C ^a   Dawson, Lauren N ^b   Radecki Breitkopf, Carmen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANDFILL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; RECYCLING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RECYCLING; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TEXAS;

EID: 84859485216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034469     Document Type: Article

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