Perspectives on community gardens, community kitchens and the good food box program in a community-based sample of low-income families

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Loopstra, Rachel ^a   Tarasuk, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Food security; Low income; Poverty; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875403796     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405655     Document Type: Article

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