Experience-based measures of food and water security: Biocultural approaches to grounded measures of insecurity

Human Organization

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-460

  Hadley, Craig ^a   Wutich, Amber ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Health; Measurement; Nutrition; Poverty; Public health; Scarcity; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BASIC NEEDS; FOOD SECURITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN RIGHTS; NUTRITION; POVERTY; PUBLIC ACCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WATER USE;

BOLIVIA; TANZANIA;

EID: 67349140792     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.68.4.932w421317680w5x     Document Type: Article

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