Adopting a plant-based diet minimally increased food costs in WHEL study

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 530-539

  Hyder, Joseph A ^a   Thomson, Cynthia A ^b   Natarajan, Loki ^a   Madlensky, Lisa ^a   Pu, Minya ^a   Emond, Jennifer ^c   Kealey, Sheila ^a   Rock, Cheryl L ^a   Flatt, Shirley W ^a   Pierce, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fruitvegetable consumption; Grocery costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VEGETABLES;

EID: 69849085643     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.33.5.6     Document Type: Article

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