Fruit and Vegetable Pricing by Demographic Factors in the Birmingham, Alabama, Metropolitan Area, 2004-2005

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Ard, Jamy D ^a   Perumean Chaney, Suzanne ^a   Desmond, Renee ^a   Sutton, Bryce ^a   Cox, Tiffany L ^a   Butsch, W Scott ^a,b   Allison, David B ^a   Franklin, Frank ^a   Baskin, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CAUCASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; POVERTY; SEASON; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77957054535     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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