The role of farmers' markets in two low income, Urban communities

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 554-562

  Ruelas, Valerie ^a   Iverson, Ellen ^a   Kiekel, Preston ^a   Peters, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmers' market; Food access; Low income community; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CROP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; LOS ANGELES; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84864038707     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9479-y     Document Type: Article

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