Trends in affordability of the Illawarra Healthy Food Basket 2000-2007

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Williams, Peter ^a   Hull, Alycia ^a   Kontos, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary guideline; Food price; Food security; Healthy food basket

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949104786     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2008.01314.x     Document Type: Article

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