Addressing food insecurity: Freedom from want, freedom from fear

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2405-2406

  Bitton, Samuel ^a   Roth, Jesse ^b,c  

^a North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^b FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEAR; FOOD SECURITY; FREEDOM; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUNGER; NOTE; NUTRITION SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STARVATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649726453     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1747     Document Type: Note

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