Geographic access to healthy and unhealthy food sources for children in neighbourhoods and from elementary schools in a mid-sized Canadian city

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-32

  Engler Stringer, Rachel ^a   Shah, Tayyab ^b   Bell, Scott ^b   Muhajarine, Nazeem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Food environment; Geographical information systems; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FOOD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; CATERING SERVICE; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; POVERTY; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

CANADA; CHILD; CITIES; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84907556565     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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