Dietary health behaviors of women living in high rise dwellings: A case study of an urban community in Malaysia

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 163-171

  Karupaiah, Tilakavati ^a   Swee, Winnie Chee Siew ^b   Liew, Siew Ying ^a   Ng, Boon Koon ^a   Chinna, Karuthan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diet quality; Ethnicity; HEI; High rise dwelling; Income; Urban women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872681630     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9597-1     Document Type: Article

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