Reduced food access due to a lack of money, inability to lift and lack of access to a car for food shopping: A multilevel study in Melbourne, Victoria

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1017-1023

  Burns, Cate ^a   Bentley, Rebecca ^b   Thornton, Lukar ^a   Kavanagh, Anne ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food access; Food security; Multilevel study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR; CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956088501     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898001000385X     Document Type: Article

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