Determinants of household food security: An empirical analysis for Pakistan

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 753-766

  Iram, Uzma ^a   Butt, Muhammad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Food controls; Nutrition; Personal health

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744455032     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068290410546011     Document Type: Article

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