Use of Vendedores (Mobile Food Vendors), Pulgas (Flea Markets), and Vecinos o Amigos (Neighbors or Friends) as Alternative Sources of Food for Purchase among Mexican-Origin Households in Texas Border Colonias

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 705-710

  Sharkey, Joseph R ^a   Dean, Wesley R ^a   Johnson, Cassandra M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative food sources; Food environment; Food security; Mobile vendors; Promotora researchers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRUIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; FRIENDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TEXAS; VEGETABLES;

SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84860257905     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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