Fast food and deprivation in Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-35

  Jones, Jennifer ^a   Terashima, Mikiko ^a   Rainham, Daniel ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fast food; Mapping; Material deprivation; Obesity; Psychosocial deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549114400     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405489     Document Type: Article

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