Factors associated with overweight and obesity among Mexican Americans and Central Americans: Results from the 2001 California health interview survey

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Bowie, Janice V ^a   Juon, Hee Soon ^b   Cho, Juhee ^b   Rodriguez, Elisa M ^b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84978382718     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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