Environmental Barriers to and Availability of Healthy Foods for People With Mobility Disabilities Living in Urban and Suburban Neighborhoods

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2174-2179

  Mojtahedi, Mina C ^a   Boblick, Patty ^b   Rimmer, James H ^b   Rowland, Jennifer L ^b   Jones, Robin A ^b   Braunschweig, Carol L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural accessibility; Environment; Food; People with disabilities; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; PATIENT MOBILITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CHICAGO; CITY PLANNING; DISABLED PERSONS; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 55249125911     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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