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Journal of Aging Research
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 231489, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/231489
Research Article

Food Access Patterns and Barriers among Midlife and Older Adults with Mobility Disabilities

Deborah L. Huang,1 Dori E. Rosenberg,2 Shannon D. Simonovich,3 and Basia Belza4

1Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (S-182), 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
2Group Health Research Institute, 1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
3Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of Washington, P.O. Box 357266, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
4Health Promotion Research Center, University of Washington, P. O. Box 357266, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Received 2 May 2012; Accepted 16 August 2012

Academic Editor: Joseph R. Sharkey

Copyright © 2012 Deborah L. Huang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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