Food Access and Health: A Microsimulation Framework for Analysis

Studies in Regional Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 909-927

  Smith, Dianna M ^a   Clarke, Graham P ^a   Ransley, Joan ^a   Cade, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; food access; microsimulation modelling; obesity; public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849177545     PISSN: 02876256     EISSN: 18806465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2457/srs.35.909     Document Type: Article

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