The utilization of local food environments by urban seniors

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-293

  Morland, Kimberly ^a   Filomena, Susan ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Local food environment; Racial disparities; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOPPING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK CITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 51249122035     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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