The food environment in an urban Mexican American community

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 598-605

  Lisabeth, Lynda D ^a,b   Sánchez, Brisa N ^a   Escobar, James ^a   Hughes, Rebecca ^b   Meurer, William J ^b,c   Zuniga, Belinda ^b   Garcia, Nelda ^b   Brown, Devin L ^b   Morgenstern, Lewis B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Food; Mexican American; Neighborhood; Residence

Indexed keywords

DIET; ETHNICITY; FOOD; LATINO PEOPLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN SOCIETY;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HISPANIC; INCOME; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649186720     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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