Relation of food cost to healthfulness of diet among US women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1197-1203

  Bernstein, Adam M ^a   Bloom, David E ^a   Rosner, Bernard A ^a   Franz, Mary ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGED; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; ECONOMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149259665     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29854     Document Type: Article

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