Health risk behaviors of Hispanics in the United States: findings from HHANES, 1982-84.

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Published in Am J Public Health on December 01, 1990

Authors

G Marks1, M Garcia, J M Solis

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1: Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.

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