Availability of Healthy Food: Does Block Group Race and Income Matter?

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-38

  Chau, Clarice N ^a   Zoellner, Jamie M ^a   Hill, Jennie L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

built environment assessment; community based participatory research; health status disparities; retail food environment; rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MINORITY GROUP; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84875342800     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2012.758063     Document Type: Article

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