Healthy and Unhealthy Food Prices across Neighborhoods and Their Association with Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Proportion Black/Hispanic

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 494-505

  Kern, David M ^a   Auchincloss, Amy H ^a   Robinson, Lucy F ^a   Stehr, Mark F ^b   Pham Kanter, Genevieve ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food price; Nutrition guidelines; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTHY DIET; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTHY DIET; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021133909     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-017-0168-8     Document Type: Article

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