Barriers to truck drivers' healthy eating: Environmental influences and health promotion strategies

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-143

  Apostolopoulos, Yorghos ^a,b,c   Sönmez, Sevil ^a,c   Shattell, Mona ^a   Haldeman, Lauren ^a   Strack, Robert ^a   Jones, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Transportation Health Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental barriers; Healthy food options; Trucking work settings

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957878435     PISSN: 15555240     EISSN: 15555259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555240.2011.573754     Document Type: Article

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