Derailing healthy choices: An audit of vending machines at train stations in NSW

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-75

  Kelly, Bridget ^a   Flood, Victoria M ^b   Bicego, Cecilia ^b   Yeatman, Heather ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food availability; Food environment; Food promotion; Train stations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RAILWAY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RAILROADS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861140155     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he12073     Document Type: Article

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