Socioeconomic Factors and Their Relation to Eating Habits in Two Communities in Nova Scotia, Canada

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-505

  Barre, D E ^a   Mizier Barre, E ^a   Macintyre, P ^a  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

community sample; food consumption; food security; Glace Bay; health indicators; Kings County; social gradient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAD; CANADA; CANNED FOOD; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; EATING HABIT; EGG; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MEAT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANIC FOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84859405165     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2011.625737     Document Type: Article

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