Pricing and availability intervention in vending machines at four bus garages

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  French, Simone A ^a   Hannan, Peter J ^a   Harnack, Lisa J ^a   Mitchell, Nathan R ^a   Toomey, Traci L ^a   Gerlach, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DRIVER; EXERCISE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACHINE; MALE; OBESITY; VENDING MACHINE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 75749156295     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181c5c476     Document Type: Article

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