Neighbourhood food environment and area deprivation: Spatial accessibility to grocery stores selling fresh fruit and vegetables in urban and rural settings

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 277-284

  Smith, Dianna M ^a   Cummins, Steven ^a   Taylor, Mathew ^b   Dawson, John ^b,c,d   Marshall, David ^b   Sparks, Leigh ^c   Anderson, Annie S ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Deprivation; Diet; Environment; Inequality; Neighbourhood; Rural; Travel times; Urban

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DIET; FRUIT; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RURAL AREA; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MARKETING; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TIME; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMERCE; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77952303946     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp221     Document Type: Article

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