Cost and affordability of healthy food in rural South Australia

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ward, P R ^a   Coveney, J ^a   Verity, F ^a   Carter, P ^b   Schilling, M ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SA Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food costs; Food stress; Healthy food basket; South Australia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIET; ECONOMICS; FOOD; HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DIET; FOOD; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84863556808     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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