Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Food Access, and Food Assistance in Philadelphia

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1087-1097

  Mayer, Victoria L ^a,b   Hillier, Amy ^b   Bachhuber, Marcus A ^b,c   Long, Judith A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment and public health; Food assistance; Hunger; Nutrition policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHILADELPHIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912008711     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-014-9887-2     Document Type: Article

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