Association of household and community characteristics with adult and child food insecurity among Mexican-origin households in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sharkey, Joseph R ^a   Dean, Wesley R ^a   Johnson, Cassandra M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MOBILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955830999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-19     Document Type: Article

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