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ALLEVIATING URBAN FOOD DESERTS: LESSONS FROM THE LITERATURE by
s and titles were examined using the inclusion and exclusion criteria discussed above. Articles that did not have available abstracts were initially judged only by title. When the full articles were accessed, the introduction, results, conclusions, and discussions were examined for relevance. Some articles superficially discussed urban food systems in the abstract, but collected few or no data....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.116-a335a