Determinants of Food Insecurity in Higher-Income Households in Canada

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 433-448

  Olabiyi, Olayemi M ^a   McIntyre, Lynn ^b  

^a Southern Alberta Institute of Technology   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

food insecurity; gambling; high income population; Quebec; smoking; unemployment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOOD INSECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; POLICY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84911498649     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2014.908450     Document Type: Article

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