Classifying neighbourhoods by level of access to stores selling fresh fruit and vegetables and groceries: Identifying problematic areas in the city of Gatineau, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 433-437

  Gould, Adrian C ^a   Apparicio, Philippe ^a   Cloutier, Marie Soleil ^a  

^a CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems; Geographic mapping; Poverty areas; Socioeconomic factors; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874250113     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405633     Document Type: Article

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