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A self‐applied valid scale for rapid tracking of household food insecurity among pregnant women in Sri Lanka

Abstract Rapid household food insecurity (HFI) tracking has been identified as a priority in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic and its aftermath. We report the validation of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (Escala Latinoamericana y Caribena de Seguridad Alimentaria [ELCSA]) a...

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Main Authors:	Thilini C. Agampodi (Author), Amber Hromi‐Fiedler (Author), Suneth B. Agampodi (Author), Gayani S. Amarasinghe (Author), Nuwan D. Wickramasinghe (Author), Imasha U. Jayasinghe (Author), Ayesh U. Hettiarachchi (Author), Rafael Perez‐Escamilla (Author)
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Published:	Wiley, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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