Women's Health Issues
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 155-164 , September 2004

Correlates of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio among Mexican women in the United States: Implications for intervention development

  • Guadalupe X. Ayala, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Guadalupe X. Ayala, PhD, MPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, CB #7440, Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7440
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  • John P. Elder, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego, California, USA
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  • Nadia R. Campbell, MPH

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego, California, USA
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  • Donald J. Slymen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego, California, USA
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  • Nupur Roy, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego, California, USA
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  • Moshe Engelberg, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • ResearchWorks, Inc., San Diego, California, USA
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  • Theodore Ganiats, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Diego, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA

Received 1 April 2004 ,Revised 28 June 2004 ,Accepted 15 July 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2004.07.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 155-164 , September 2004

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