The impact of cost on the availability of fruits and vegetables in the homes of schoolchildren in Birmingham, Alabama

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 367-372

  Ard, Jamy D ^a,d   Fitzpatrick, Stephanie ^a   Desmond, Renee A ^b   Sutton, Bryce S ^a   Pisu, Maria ^b   Allison, David B ^a   Franklin, Frank ^c   Baskin, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33846896968     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.080655     Document Type: Article

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