Economic access to fruits and vegetables in the greater Quebec City: Do disparities exist?

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 361-364

  Drouin, Sarah ^a   Hamelin, Anne Marie ^a   Quellet, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic access; Food cost; Fruits and vegetables; Health inequalities; Underprivileged area; Urbanization level

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; FRUIT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VEGETABLE;

FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; QUEBEC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 73449097099     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405271     Document Type: Article

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