Coping with child hunger in Canada: Have household strategies changed over a decade?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 428-432

  McIntyre, Lynn ^a   Bartoo, Aaron C ^a   Pow, Jody ^a   Potestio, Melissa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Children; Coping; Food insecurity; Hunger; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874282660     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405632     Document Type: Article

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