Green carts (mobile produce vendors) in the Bronx - Optimally positioned to meet neighborhood fruit-and-vegetable needs?

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 977-981

  Lucan, Sean C ^a   Maroko, Andrew ^b   Shanker, Renee ^a   Jordan, William B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FRUIT; HUMAN; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

COMMERCE; DIET; FRUIT; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84855321005     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9593-2     Document Type: Article

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