Disparities and access to healthy food in the United States: A review of food deserts literature

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 876-884

  Walker, Renee E ^a,b   Keane, Christopher R ^a   Burke, Jessica G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Food access; Food desert; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; United States

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SAFETY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC ACCESS; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; COST; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955327133     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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