An Investigation of Adults’ Everyday Experiences and Effects of Food Insecurity in a Urban Area in Canada

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-172

  Runnels, Vivien E ^a   Kristjansson, Elizabeth ^a   Calhoun, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

food insecurity; food security; grounded theory; hunger; social isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896494349     PISSN: 07133936     EISSN: 19297084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7870/cjcmh-2011-0011     Document Type: Article

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