Validity of an adapted Household Food Insecurity Access Scale in urban households in Iran

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-157

  Mohammadi, Fatemeh ^a   Omidvar, Nasrin ^a   Houshiar Rad, Anahita ^a   Khoshfetrat, Mohammad Reza ^a   Abdollahi, Morteza ^a   Mehrabi, Yadollah ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Household Food Insecurity Access Scale; Iran; Socio economic status; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84857068471     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001376     Document Type: Article

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