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Editorial
. 2019 Mar;67(3):421-424.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.15736. Epub 2018 Dec 26.

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

Jennifer A Pooler  1 , Heather Hartline-Grafton  2 , Marydale DeBor  3 , Rebecca L Sudore  4   5   6 , Hilary K Seligman  7   8
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Food Insecurity: A Key Social Determinant of Health for Older Adults

Jennifer A Pooler et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Mar.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no financial, personal, or other conflicts of interest to disclose. Author Contributions: JP, HHG, MD, and HS conceptualized the paper and all authors contributed to writing and editing the content. Sponsor’s Role: N/A

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