Fruits and vegetables availability for human consumption in Latin American and Caribbean countries: Patterns and determinants

Food Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 444-454

  Asfaw, Abay ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Fruit and vegetable availability; Fruit and vegetable intake; Latin America; Panel data; Stationarity

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POVERTY; PRICE DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 49249088385     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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