Access to healthful foods among an urban food insecure population: Perceptions versus reality

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 825-838

  Freedman, Darcy A ^a   Bell, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food access; Food security; Local food environment; Obesity; Perceptions of food access; Social determinants of health; Urban

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; TENNESSEE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 73449121900     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-009-9408-x     Document Type: Article

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