MarketWatch: Availability and prices of foods across stores and neighborhoods: The case of New Haven, Connecticut

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1381-1388

  Andreyeva, Tatiana ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel M ^b   Schwartz, Marlene B ^c   Long, Michael W ^d   Brownell, Kelly D ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rudd Center

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EATING HABIT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

COMMERCE; CONNECTICUT; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCOME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 54349090578     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.1381     Document Type: Article

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