Family income, food prices, and household purchases of fruits and vegetables in Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1014-1020

  Claro, Rafael Moreira ^a   Monteiro, Carlos Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet Surveys; Economics; Food; Food consumption; Fruit; Greens; Income; Prices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

BRAZIL; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 78649455010     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102010000600005     Document Type: Article

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