Very low food security in the USA is linked with exposure to violence

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-82

  Chilton, Mariana M ^a   Rabinowich, Jenny R ^a   Woolf, Nicholas H ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Woolf Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Hunger; Poverty; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; PHILADELPHIA; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889766912     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013000281     Document Type: Article

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