Small retailer perspectives of the 2009 women, infants and children program food package changes

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 655-665

  Gittelsohn, Joel ^a   Laska, Melissa N ^b   Andreyeva, Tatiana ^c   Foster, Gary ^d   Rose, Donald ^e   Tester, June ^f   Lee, Seung Hee ^a   Zenk, Shannon N ^g   Odoms Young, Angela ^g   McCoy, Tara ^d   Ayala, Guadalupe X ^h  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food policy; Qualitative research; Sales; Storeowner perspectives; WIC

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE; COMMERCE; FOOD; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NUTRITION POLICY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862979626     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.36.5.8     Document Type: Review

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