Acculturation and Healthy Lifestyle Among Latinos With Diabetes
Open Access
- 1 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by Annals of Family Medicine in Annals of Family Medicine
- Vol. 6 (2) , 131-137
- https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.814
Abstract
PURPOSE Latinos have a high prevalence of diabetes and disproportionately experience diabetic complications. We sought to examine the association of acculturation on healthy lifestyle habits among the Latino population in the United States with diabetes.Keywords
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