An agent-based model of income inequalities in diet in the context of residential segregation

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-311

  Auchincloss, Amy H ^a   Riolo, Rick L ^b   Brown, Daniel G ^b   Cook, Jeremy ^b   Diez Roux, Ana V ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MODEL; MOTIVATION; POLICY;

COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79951738971     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.10.033     Document Type: Article

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