Food security measurement in cultural pluralism: Missing the point or conceptual misunderstanding?

Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Renzaho, Andre M N ^a   Mellor, David ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assets creation; Coping strategies; Food access; Food security; Food utilization

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HUNGER; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 71649103786     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.05.001     Document Type: Review

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