An evaluation of edge effects in nutritional accessibility and availability measures: a simulation study

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Van Meter, Emily M ^a   Lawson, Andrew B ^a   Colabianchi, Natalie ^b   Nichols, Michele ^b   Hibbert, James ^b   Porter, Dwayne E ^b   Liese, Angela D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; NUTRITION; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 77954867805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-40     Document Type: Article

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