Gender-specific roles and needs in food-health security

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 642-646

  Pan, Wen Harn ^a,b   Hsieh, Yao Te ^a   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Food; Gender; Health; Inequality; Security

Indexed keywords

AGING; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGING; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PREJUDICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77649269557     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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