Sensitivity and specificity of a short questionnaire for food insecurity surveillance in Iran

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-58

  Dastgiri, Saeed ^a   Tutunchi, Helda ^b   Ostadrahimi, Alireza ^b   Mahboob, Soltanali ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Iran; Nutritional epidemiology; Short questionnaire

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH IMPACT; HUNGER; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VITAMIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34047169800     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650702800106     Document Type: Article

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