Using urban commuting data to calculate a spatiotemporal accessibility measure for food environment studies

Health and Place

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Widener, Michael J ^a   Farber, Steven ^b   Neutens, Tijs ^c   Horner, Mark W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Cincinnati; Commuting patterns; Food deserts; Health geography; Time geography

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN REGION;

ARTICLE; CAR; COMMUTING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MARKET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CINCINNATI; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873585183     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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