Understanding a key feature of urban food stores to develop nutrition intervention

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-90

  Song, Hee Jung ^a,b   Gittelsohn, Joel ^b   Anliker, Jean ^c   Sharma, Sangita ^d   Suratkar, Sonali ^b   Mattingly, Megan ^b   Kim, Miyong T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

African Americans; Corner stores; Urban food environment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAST FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; MINORITY GROUP; NUTRITION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84868228530     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2012.650968     Document Type: Article

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