Household and food shopping environments: Do they play a role in socioeconomic inequalities in fruit and vegetable consumption? A multilevel study among Dutch adults

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-120

  Giskes, K ^a,b   Van Lenthe, F J ^a   Kamphuis, C B M ^a   Huisman, M ^a,c   Brug, J ^a,d   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; PUBLIC ACCESS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMERCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59949090208     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.078352     Document Type: Article

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