Assessing retail fruit and vegetable availability in urban and rural underserved communities

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Hosler, Akiko S ^a   Rajulu, Deepa T ^b   Fredrick, Bonnie L ^c   Ronsani, Adrienne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; ECONOMICS; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

DIET; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEW YORK; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 58149129749     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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