Difficulty in the food environment and the experience of food insecurity among refugees resettled in the United States

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-407

  Hadley, Craig ^a   Patil, Crystal L ^b   Nahayo, Djona ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Food security; Immigrant; Poverty; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; EDUCATION; FOOD SECURITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY DETERMINANT; REFUGEE; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POVERTY; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956482217     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2010.507440     Document Type: Article

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