Food, health and eating among single homeless and marginalized people in London

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-199

  Evans, Naomi S ^a,c   Dowler, E A ^b  

^a OASIS   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day centres; Eating patterns; Food frequency; Homeless; Nutrition; Poverty

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; FRUIT; HALFWAY HOUSE; HEALTH; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

ELEOTRIDAE;

EID: 0033048327     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277x.1999.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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