Seasonal changes in household food insecurity and symptoms of anxiety and depression

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-232

  Hadley, Craig ^a   Patil, Crystal L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden; East Africa; Mental health; Security; Tanzania; Well being

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOM; TANZANIA; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA;

EID: 38349093250     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20724     Document Type: Article

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