Health Promotion in Latinos

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-165

  Pekmezi, Dori ^a   Marquez, Becky ^a   Marcus Blank, Joshua ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; exercise; Hispanic; Latino; nutrition; physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990380707     PISSN: 15598276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1559827609351223     Document Type: Review

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