"All of Those Things We Don't Eat": A Culture-Centered Approach to Dietary Health Meanings for Asian Indians Living in the United States

Health Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 818-828

  Koenig, Christopher J ^a   Dutta, Mohan J ^b   Kandula, Namratha ^c   Palaniappan, Latha ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE;

EID: 84865218262     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.651708     Document Type: Article

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