An assessment of the barriers to accessing food among food-insecure people in cobourg, Ontario

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 121-128

  Tsang, S ^a   Holt, A M ^a   Azevedo, E ^a  

^a Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Food insecurity; Fruit; Healthy food; Low income population; Nutrition; Ontario; Poverty; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960037456     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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