Does food environment influence food choices? A geographical analysis through "tweets"

Applied Geography

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-89

  Chen, Xiang ^a   Yang, Xining ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food access; Food environment; Social media; Space time; Twitter; VGI

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SELECTION; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; INTERNET; MEDIA ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

EID: 84899976297     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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