Hunger in an adult patient population

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1211-1214

  Nelson, Karin ^a   Brown, Margaret E ^c   Lurie, Nicole ^b,c  

^a Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUNGER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032522821     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.15.1211     Document Type: Article

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