Food insecurity and disability: Do economic resources matter?

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-124

  Huang, Jin ^a   Guo, Baorong ^b   Kim, Youngmi ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Disability; Economic resources; Food insecurity; Income

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449130631     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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