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Title: Using geospatial networking tools to optimize source locations as applied to the study of food availability: A study in Guilford County, North Carolina
Award ID(s):
1824949
PAR ID:
10250113
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Applied Geography
Volume:
128
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0143-6228
Page Range / eLocation ID:
102415
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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