Food insecurity among disabled adults.
Background The relationship between disability and food insecurity is under-researched. Risk of food insecurity may vary by type and number of disabilities. We examine the hypotheses that (i) a higher number of disabilities increases risk of food insecurity and (ii) associations of physical disabili...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 593 - 600 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2022
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