Food insecurity in community-dwelling older Australians

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-224

  Quine, Susan ^a   Morrell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Food insecurity; Older people; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 33646469359     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005834     Document Type: Review

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