What role do local grocery stores play in urban food environments? A case study of Hartford-Connecticut

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Martin, Katie S ^a   Ghosh, Debarchana ^b   Page, Martha ^c   Wolff, Michele ^a   McMinimee, Kate ^b   Zhang, Mengyao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Hartford Food System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FOOD; FRUIT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VEGETABLE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONNECTICUT; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GOALS; HUMANS; POVERTY; QUALITY CONTROL; SMALL BUSINESS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN HEALTH; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84899499410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094033     Document Type: Article

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