The prevalence and effects of hunger in an emergency department patient population

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1109-1114

  Kersey, Margaret A ^a   Beran, Mary Sue ^b   McGovern, Paul G ^c   Biros, Michelle H ^b   Lurie, Nicole ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Hunger; Medical noncompliance; Uninsured and underinsured population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUNGER; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0032731740     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00112.x     Document Type: Article

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