Household food insufficiency and mental health in South Africa

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 426-431

  Sorsdahl, Katherine ^a   Slopen, Natalie ^b   Siefert, Kristine ^c   Seedat, Soraya ^d   Stein, Dan J ^a   Williams, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD SUPPLY; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955496798     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.091462     Document Type: Article

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