Commute times, food retail gaps, and body mass index in North Carolina Counties

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Jilcott, Stephanie B ^a   Liu, Haiyong ^a   Moore, Justin B ^a   Bethel, Jeffrey W ^a   Wilson, James ^b   Ammerman, Alice S ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79952114283     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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