Student food insecurity: The skeleton in the university closet

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-32

  Hughes, Roger ^a,b   Serebryanikova, Irene ^d   Donaldson, Katherine ^c   Leveritt, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Blue Care Allied Health   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Risk factor; University student

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951999102     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01496.x     Document Type: Article

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