The relationship between food banks and household food insecurity among low-income Toronto Families

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 497-514

  Loopstra, Rachel ^a   Tarasuk, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food banks; Food charity; Household food insecurity; Hunger; Low income

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOOD SECURITY; HUNGER; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84872538368     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/CPP.38.4.497     Document Type: Article

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