Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity in migrant farmworkers in Georgia

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 831-833

  Hill, Brittany G ^a   Moloney, Ashley G ^a   Mize, Terry ^a   Himelick, Tom ^a   Guest, Jodie L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POLICY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954602257     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.199703     Document Type: Article

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