"Trying to eat healthy": A photovoice study about women's access to healthy food in New York City

Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-314

  Valera, Pamela ^a   Gallin, Jill ^b   Schuk, Dawn ^c   Davis, Nakisha ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c Sisterlink   (United States)

Author keywords

Food; Photovoice; Urban life; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349232724     PISSN: 08861099     EISSN: 15523020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886109909337378     Document Type: Article

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