An application of the edge effect in measuring accessibility to multiple food retailer types in Southwestern Ontario, Canada

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sadler, Richard C ^a   Gilliland, Jason A ^a   Arku, Godwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food accessibility; Food deserts; Geographic information systems; Rural health planning

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; GIS; HEALTH CARE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; NEIGHBORHOOD; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RETAILING; RURAL PLANNING;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MARKETING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MARKETING; NUTRITION POLICY; ONTARIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955801269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-34     Document Type: Article

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