Examining the role between the residential neighborhood food environment and diet among low-income households in Detroit, Michigan

Applied Geography

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-18

  LeDoux, Timothy F ^a   Vojnovic, Igor ^b  

^a WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detroit; Diet; Food access; Food environments; Inequality

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD SUPPLY; GIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; NEIGHBORHOOD; SHOPPING ACTIVITY;

CANADA; HUDSON STRAIT;

EID: 84907758367     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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