The relationship between diet and perceived and objective access to supermarkets among low-income housing residents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1254-1262

  Caspi, Caitlin E ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   Adamkiewicz, Gary ^a,b   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food access; Health behaviors; Low income housing; Neighborhood; Objective measures; Perceived measures; USA

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DIET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SUPPLY; GIS; LOW INCOME HOUSING; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARKET; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864307791     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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