Urban food insecurity in the context of high food prices: A community based cross sectional study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Birhane, Tesfay ^a   Shiferaw, Solomon ^b   Hagos, Seifu ^b   Mohindra, Katia Sarla ^c  

^a DEBRE BERHAN UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Food insecurity; Food price; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; CITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; INCOME; MALE; MEAL; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CITIES; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HUNGER; INCOME; MALE; MEALS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935837796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-680     Document Type: Article

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