Risk and Protective Factors for Adult and Child Hunger among Low-Income Housed and Homeless Female-Headed Families

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-115

  Wehler, Cheryl ^a   Weinreb, Linda F ^a   Huntington, Nicholas ^b   Scott, Richard ^c   Hosmer, David ^d   Fletcher, Kenneth ^a   Goldberg, Robert ^a   Gundersen, Craig ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b The National Center on Family Homelessness   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUNGER; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WELLBEING;

EID: 1042302916     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.1.109     Document Type: Article

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