Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 110-113 , May 2008

Camina por Salud: Walking in Mexican-American women

  • Colleen S. Keller, PhD, RN-C, FNP

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85004-0698
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 480 727 0672.
    • ,
  • Adelita Cantue, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

Received 26 January 2006 ,Revised 19 December 2006 ,Accepted 28 December 2006.

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☆ This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health–National Institute of Nursing Research through Grant No. R55 NR04888-01A2.

PII: S0897-1897(07)00002-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.12.003

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 110-113 , May 2008

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