Food environment, built environment, and women's bmi: Evidence from erie county, new york

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 444-460

  Raja, Samina ^a   Yin, Li ^a   Roemmich, James ^a   Ma, Changxing ^a   Epstein, Leonard ^a   Yadav, Pavan ^a   Ticoalu, Alex Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Built environment; Food environment; Food planning; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953049685     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X10367804     Document Type: Article

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