If you stock it, will they buy it? Healthy food availability and customer purchasing behaviour within corner stores in Hartford, CT, USA

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1973-1978

  Martin, Katie S ^a   Havens, Erin ^b   Boyle, Katie E ^b   Matthews, Gregory ^a   Schilling, Elizabeth A ^b   Harel, Ofer ^a   Ferris, Ann M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Corner stores; Customers; Healthy food

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONNECTICUT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84866378210     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011003387     Document Type: Article

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