Food insecurity measurement and indicators

Revista de Nutricao

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages 15-26

  Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a   Segall Corrêa, Ana Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Caribbean region; Food insecurity; Latin America

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849143208     PISSN: 14155273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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