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Are there food deserts in rainforest cities? / Davies, Gemma; Frausin Bustamante, Gina Giovanna; Parry, Luke Thomas Wyn.
In: Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 107, No. 4, 01.06.2017, p. 794-811.

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Davies, G, Frausin Bustamante, GG & Parry, LTW 2017, 'Are there food deserts in rainforest cities?', Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 107, no. 4, pp. 794-811. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2016.1271307

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Davies, G., Frausin Bustamante, G. G., & Parry, L. T. W. (2017). Are there food deserts in rainforest cities? Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 107(4), 794-811. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2016.1271307

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Davies G, Frausin Bustamante GG, Parry LTW. Are there food deserts in rainforest cities? Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 2017 Jun 1;107(4):794-811. Epub 2017 Mar 16. doi: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1271307

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Davies, Gemma ; Frausin Bustamante, Gina Giovanna ; Parry, Luke Thomas Wyn. / Are there food deserts in rainforest cities?. In: Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 2017 ; Vol. 107, No. 4. pp. 794-811.

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