Determinants of Healthy Eating Among Low-income Canadians;Les déterminants de la saine alimentation chez les Canadiens à faible revenu

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue , 2005, Pages S42-S48

  Power, Elaine M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; medical sociology; poverty; public health; social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EATING; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; NUTRITION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 85079385961     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03405200     Document Type: Article

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