A universal product code scanner is a feasible method of measuring household food inventory and food use patterns in low-income families

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-445

  Weinstein, James L ^a,b   Phillips, Valery ^b   MacLeod, Erin ^b   Arsenault, Margaret ^b   Ferris, Ann M ^b  

^a University of Connecticut ^*

^b DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; POVERTY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; POVERTY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33344457688     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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