Who is food-insecure in California? Findings from the California Women's Health Survey, 2004

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 574-581

  Kaiser, Lucia ^a   Baumrind, Nikki ^b   Dumbauld, Sheila ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Center for Public Health Advocacy   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Food insecurity; Food Stamp Program; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HUNGER; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34248336591     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007382542     Document Type: Article

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