Highlighting food inadequacies: Does the food desert metaphor help this cause?

British Food Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-363

  Mcentee, Jesse ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deserts; Food safety; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549108329     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700910951498     Document Type: Article

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