Feeding the family during times of stress: Experience and determinants of food insecurity in an Inuit community

Geographical Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-61

  Ford, James D ^a   Beaumier, Maude ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Community health; Food security; Indigenous; Inuit; Nunavut

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 79951654656     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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