Obtaining fruit and vegetables for the lowest prices: Pricing survey of different outlets and geographical analysis of competition effects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Pearson, Amber L ^a,b   Winter, Pieta R ^a   McBreen, Ben ^a   Stewart, Georgia ^a   Roets, Rianda ^a   Nutsford, Daniel ^b   Bowie, Christopher ^b   Donnellan, Niamh ^b   Wilson, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COMPETITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARKET; NEW ZEALAND; ONLINE SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84903767454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089775     Document Type: Article

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