Developing a mobile produce distribution system for low-income urban residents in food deserts

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 733-745

  Widener, Michael J ^a,b   Metcalf, Sara S ^a   Bar Yam, Yaneer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND COMPLEX SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to healthy food; Buffalo; Food deserts; Mobile market; NY; Spatial optimization model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; FRUIT; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; STANDARD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; MAPS AS TOPIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW YORK; POVERTY AREAS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84868196895     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9677-7     Document Type: Article

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