Food banks, welfare, and food insecurity in Canada

British Food Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1405-1417

  Tarasuk, Valerie ^a   Dachner, Naomi ^a   Loopstra, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Food banks; Food insecurity; Food poverty; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924757460     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-02-2014-0077     Document Type: Article

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