Geographic, racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in the availability of grocery stores and supermarkets among low-income women across the urban-rural continuum

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-233

  Ford, P B ^a   Dzewaltowski, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Food desert; Food environment; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77953745045     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320241003800276     Document Type: Article

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