American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages S301-S307 , October 2007

Associations Between Access to Food Stores and Adolescent Body Mass Index

  • Lisa M. Powell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Lisa M. Powell, PhD, Institute for Health, Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 West Roosevelt Road, M/C 275 Room 558, Chicago IL 60305.
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  • M. Christopher Auld, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • Frank J. Chaloupka, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Patrick M. O’Malley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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  • Lloyd D. Johnston, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.07.007

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages S301-S307 , October 2007

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