An investigation into the availability and economic accessibility of food items in rural and urban areas of Northern Ireland

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-321

  Furey, Sinead ^a   Farley, Heather ^a   Strugnell, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Availability; Economic accessibility; Food affordability; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144448137     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1470-6431.2002.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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