Prevalence of food insecurity among women in northern Jordan

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-55

  Bawadi, Hiba A ^a   Tayyem, Reema F ^b   Dwairy, Amal N ^a   Al Akour, Nemeh ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cross sectional studies; Food insecurity; Food security; Hunger; Jordan; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860569315     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v30i1.11276     Document Type: Article

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