Food insecurity among inuit preschoolers: Nunavut inuit child health survey, 2007-2008

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-248

  Egeland, Grace M ^a   Pacey, Angela ^a   Cao, Zirong ^a   Sobol, Isaac ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INUIT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952894516     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091297     Document Type: Article

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