Food deserts and nutritional risk in paraguay

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 296-301

  Gartin, Meredith ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARAGUAY; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CITIES; DIET; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARAGUAY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84859639285     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22270     Document Type: Article

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