Food provisioning strategies, food insecurity, and stress in an economically vulnerable community: The Northern Cheyenne case

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-504

  Whiting, Erin Feinauer ^a   Ward, Carol ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food programs; Food provisioning; Food security; Northern Cheyenne; Poverty; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650000263     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9248-z     Document Type: Article

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