Food insecurity and participation in community food programs among low-income Toronto families

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-139

  Kirkpatrick, Sharon I ^a   Tarasuk, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Food security; Low income; Nutrition; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSUMER; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 64949122461     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405523     Document Type: Article

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