Impacts of HIV / AIDS on food consumption and wild food use in rural South Africa

Food Security

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1135-1151

  Ncube, Keitometsi ^a   Shackleton, Charlie M ^a   Swallow, Brent M ^b   Dassanayake, Wijaya ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calories; Dietary diversity; Food security; HIV AIDS; Seasonality; Wild foods

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CEREAL; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL AREA; SEASONALITY;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84995460905     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-016-0624-4     Document Type: Article

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