Food insecurity and risk of poor health among US-born children of immigrants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-562

  Chilton, Mariana ^a   Black, Maureen M ^b   Berkowitz, Carol ^c   Casey, Patrick H ^d   Cook, John ^e   Cutts, Diana ^f   Jacobs, Ruth Rose ^e   Heeren, Timothy ^g   De Cuba, Stephanie Ettinger ^g   Coleman, Sharon ^g   Meyers, Alan ^e   Frank, Deborah A ^e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INTERVIEW; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61549105574     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.144394     Document Type: Article

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