Exploring experiences of the food environment among immigrants living in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages eS53-eS59

  Rodriguez, Paulina I ^a   Dean, Jennifer ^a   Kirkpatrick, Sharon ^a   Berbary, Lisbeth ^a   Scott, Steffanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emigrants and immigrants; Environment; Food intake; Food supply; Immigrant; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; ONTARIO; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84973647622     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/CJPH.107.5310     Document Type: Article

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