How far do low-income parents travel to shop for food? Empirical evidence from two urban neighborhoods

Urban Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 712-729

  Hillier, Amy ^a   Cannuscio, Carolyn ^a   Karpyn, Allison ^b   Mclaughlin, Jacqueline ^a   Chilton, Mariana ^c   Glanz, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Food Trust   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH STATUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 79961212224     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.32.5.712     Document Type: Article

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