Neighborhood Characteristics and Availability of Healthy Foods in Baltimore
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Neighborhood characteristics and availability of healthy foods in Baltimore.
BACKGROUND Differential access to healthy foods may contribute to racial and economic health disparities. The availability of healthy foods has rarely been directly measured in a systematic fashion. This study examines the associations among the availability of healthy foods and racial and income neighborhood composition. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2006 to determine diff...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0749-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.07.003