The link between border crossing and obesity

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 614-617

  Molina, Marisa A ^a   Ayala, Guadalupe X ^a,b   Baquero, Barbara ^c   Madanat, Hala ^a,b   Garcini, Luz ^d  

^a San Diego Prevention Research Center   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Border crossing; Latino; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS;

EID: 84892398925     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-013-9972-8     Document Type: Article

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