A pricing strategy to promote low-fat snack choices through vending machines

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 849-851

  French, Simone A ^a   Jeffery, Robert W ^a   Story, Mary ^a   Hannan, Peter ^a   Snyder, M Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ARTICLE; FOOD; MACHINE; NUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; PURCHASING;

EID: 0030947513     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.5.849     Document Type: Article

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