Increasing Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Availability in a Low-Income Neighborhood Convenience Store: A Pilot Study

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 694-702

  Jetter, Karen M ^a   Cassady, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

convenience store; environmental intervention; fruits and vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL BUSINESS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79952114120     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839908330808     Document Type: Article

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