The case of Montréal's missing food deserts: Evaluation of accessibility to food supermarkets

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Apparicio, Philippe ^a   Cloutier, Marie Soleil ^a,b   Shearmur, Richard ^a  

^a CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; POVERTY; QUEBEC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33847657900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-4     Document Type: Article

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