Hunger among Inuit children in Canada

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Findlay, Leanne C ^a   Langlois, Kellie A ^a   Kohen, Dafna E ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal children's survey; Children; Hunger; Inuit; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGER; INUIT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HUNGER; INUITS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84876718190     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20324     Document Type: Article

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