Can food banks sustain nutrient requirements? A case study in Southwestern Ontario

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-20

  Irwin, Jennifer D ^a   Ng, Victor K ^a   Rush, Timothy J ^a   Nguyen, Cuong ^a   He, Meizi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food supply; Nutrition; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846986794     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405378     Document Type: Article

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