Changes in household food insecurity rates in Canadian metropolitan areas from 2007 to 2012

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e322-e327

  Sriram, Urshila ^a   Tarasuk, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Census metropolitan areas; Food insecurity; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CITY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CANADA; CITIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84943784806     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/CJPH.106.4893     Document Type: Article

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