Measuring food access in Melbourne: Access to healthy and fast foods by car, bus and foot in an urban municipality in Melbourne

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-885

  Burns, C M ^a   Inglis, A D ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fast food; Food; Mapping; Socio economic disadvantage

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD QUALITY; GIS; HEALTH CARE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FAST FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 34347213016     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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