Food Insecurity: A Key Social Determinant of Health for Older Adults

Overview

Journal J Am Geriatr Soc

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2018 Dec 27

PMID 30586154

Citations 45

Authors

Jennifer A Pooler

Heather Hartline-Grafton

Marydale DeBor

Rebecca L Sudore

Hilary K Seligman

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