Increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Electronic Benefits Transfer Sales at Farmers' Markets with Vendor-Operated Wireless Point-of-Sale Terminals

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 636-641

  Buttenheim, Alison M ^a   Havassy, Joshua ^b   Fang, Michelle ^b   Glyn, Jonathan ^c   Karpyn, Allison E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Food Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmers' markets; Fruit and vegetable intake; Healthy food access; Nutrition policy; SNAP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SEASON; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SERVICES; FEES AND CHARGES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PHILADELPHIA; PILOT PROJECTS; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84860236504     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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