Housing circumstances are associated with household food access among low-income urban families

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-296

  Kirkpatrick, Sharon I ^a   Tarasuk, Valerie ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Families; Food access; Household food insecurity; Housing affordability; Housing subsidy; Poverty; Social housing; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; HOUSING; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POVERTY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSING; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79959972159     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9535-4     Document Type: Article

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