The rationale behind small food store interventions in low-income urban neighborhoods: Insights from New Orleans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1185-1188

  Bodor, J N ^a   Ulmer, Vanessa M ^a   Dunaway, Lauren Futrell ^a   Farley, Thomas A ^a   Rose, Donald ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; FAST FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARKETING; PILOT STUDY; PROFIT; PURCHASING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

COMMERCE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; NEW ORLEANS; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77952605459     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.113266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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