"Food deserts" - Evidence and assumption in health policy making

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7361, 2002, Pages 436-438

  Cummins, Steven ^a   Macintyre, Sally ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NUTRITION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0037167304     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7361.436     Document Type: Short Survey

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