Impact and ethics of excluding sweetened beverages from the SNAP program

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2037-2043

  Barnhill, Anne ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POVERTY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BEVERAGES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 80054995766     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300225     Document Type: Article

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