Using community indicators to assess nutrition in Arizona-Mexico border communities

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Abarca, Jacob ^a   Ramachandran, Sulabha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FOOD; HUMAN; MEXICO; NUTRITION; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FOOD; HUMANS; MEXICO; NUTRITION SURVEYS;

EID: 84978427879     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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