Conceptualizing and contextualizing food insecurity among Greenlandic children

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Niclasen, Birgit ^a   Molcho, Michal ^b   Arnfjord, Steven ^c   Schnohr, Christina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND   (Greenland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Children; Concept; Context; Food insecurity; Greenland; HBSC study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARCTIC; BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INUIT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HUNGER; INUITS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878206693     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.19928     Document Type: Review

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