The irony of a rich country: Issues of financial access to and availability of healthy food in the Republic of Ireland

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1013-1019

  Friel, S ^a   Walsh, O ^b   McCarthy, D ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IRELAND; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POLICY; PURCHASING;

BUDGETS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INCOME; IRELAND; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845234815     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.041335     Document Type: Article

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