Exploring the distribution of food stores in British Columbia: Associations with neighbourhood socio-demographic factors and urban form

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 961-970

  Black, Jennifer L ^a   Carpiano, Richard M ^a   Fleming, Stuart ^a   Lauster, Nathanael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food availability; G.I.S; Health disparities; Neighbourhoods; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; GIS; HEALTH STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETAILING; URBAN PLANNING;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CITY PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; INCOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 79958020559     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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