Factors associated with household food security of participants of the MANA food supplement program in Colombia

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Hackett, Michelle ^a   Melgar Quiñonez, Hugo ^a   Taylor, Christopher A ^a   Uribe, Martha Cecilia Alvarez ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Food assistance; Food security

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650426596     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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