Commonalities in the experience of household food insecurity across cultures: What are measures missing?

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Coates, Jennifer ^a   Frongillo, Edward A ^b   Rogers, Beatrice Lorge ^a   Webb, Patrick ^a   Wilde, Parke E ^a   Houser, Robert ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Food insecurity; Indicators; Meta analysis; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ALIENATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUNGER; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33646393497     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.5.1438s     Document Type: Article

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