American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 333-339 , April 2006

Supermarkets, Other Food Stores, and Obesity: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

  • Kimberly Morland, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Kimberly Morland, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box #1057, New York NY 10029
    • ,
  • Ana V. Diez Roux, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Steve Wing, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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PII: S0749-3797(05)00483-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.11.003

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 333-339 , April 2006

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