Food insecurity among homeless and runaway adolescents

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-52

  Whitbeck, Les B ^a   Chen, Xiaojin ^b   Johnson, Kurt D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Homeless adolescents; Hunger

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645240783     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005764     Document Type: Article

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