Neighborhood Characteristics and Availability of Healthy Foods in Baltimore

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-567

  Franco, Manuel ^a,b   Diez Roux, Ana V ^c   Glass, Thomas A ^a   Caballero, Benjamín ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

BALTIMORE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MINORITY GROUPS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55349144849     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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