Water Insecurity in the United States: Quantifying an Invisible Crisis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anthropology & Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
² Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Editorial

Sera L Young et al. J Nutr. 2022.

. 2022 May 5;152(5):1183-1184.

doi: 10.1093/jn/nxac048.

¹ Department of Anthropology & Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
² Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

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Comment on

Using Water Intake Dietary Recall Data to Provide a Window into US Water Insecurity.
Rosinger AY. Rosinger AY. J Nutr. 2022 May 5;152(5):1263-1273. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxac017. J Nutr. 2022. PMID: 35102375 Free PMC article.

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