Neighbourhood deprivation and the price and availability of fruit and vegetables in Scotland

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 494-501

  Cummins, S ^a   Smith, D M ^a   Aitken, Z ^a   Dawson, J ^d   Marshall, D ^b   Sparks, L ^c   Anderson, A S ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Deprivation; Diet; Food store; Neighbourhood; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; MARKETING; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, PRESERVED; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; MARKETING; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77956499390     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2010.01071.x     Document Type: Article

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