Rural versus Urban Texas WIC participants' fruit and vegetable consumption

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 130-140

  Ettienne Gittens, Reynolette ^a   McKyer, E Lisako J ^b   Odum, Mary ^b   Diep, Cassandra S ^b   Li, Yan ^b   Girimaji, Asha ^b   Murano, Peter S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Fruits and vegetables; Rural; WIC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84865322425     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.37.1.15     Document Type: Article

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