Recent advances provide improved tools for measuring children's food security

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-536

  Nord, Mark ^a   Hopwood, Heather ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Usda   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW;

EID: 33947159183     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.3.533     Document Type: Review

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