Reconsidering acculturation in dietary change research among Latino immigrants: Challenging the preconditions of US migration

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-135

  Martínez, Airín D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Diet; Globalization; Latino immigrants; Transnational approach

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBALIZATION; IMMIGRANT; LATINO PEOPLE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIGRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; CENTRAL AMERICA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOOD HABITS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAN FRANCISCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84876109821     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.698254     Document Type: Article

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