Measuring the food environment: A systematic technique for characterizing food stores using display counts

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Miller, Cassandra ^a   Bodor, J Nicholas ^b   Rose, Donald ^b  

^a Healthy Communities Institute ^*  (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAST FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; MARKETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOOD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; MARKETING; NEW ORLEANS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84863637937     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/707860     Document Type: Article

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