The case of Montréal's missing food deserts: Evaluation of accessibility to food supermarkets
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Access to varied, healthy and inexpensive foods is an important public health concern that has been widely documented. Consequently, there is an increasing interest in identifying food deserts, that is, socially deprived areas within...
Main Authors: | Cloutier Marie-Soleil, Apparicio Philippe, Shearmur Richard |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-02-01
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Series: | International Journal of Health Geographics |
Online Access: | http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/6/1/4 |
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