Food insecurity and common mental disorders among Ethiopian youth: Structural equation modeling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Jebena, Mulusew G ^a,d   Lindstrom, David ^b   Belachew, Tefera ^a   Hadley, Craig ^c   Lachat, Carl ^d   Verstraeten, Roos ^e   De Cock, Nathalie ^d   Kolsteren, Patrick ^d  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; URBAN AREA; CATERING SERVICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995701657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165931     Document Type: Article

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