A multilevel study of area socio-economic status and food purchasing behaviour

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2074-2083

  Turrell, Gavin ^a   Bentley, Rebecca ^b   Thomas, Lyndal R ^b   Jolley, Damien ^c   Subramanian, S V ^d   Kavanagh, Anne M ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Food purchasing; Multilevel; Neighbourhood; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; ECONOMICS; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; VEGETABLES; VICTORIA;

EID: 75149198815     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009004911     Document Type: Article

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