Increasing access to farmers markets for beneficiaries of nutrition assistance: Evaluation of the farmers market access project

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Cole, Kate ^a   McNees, Molly ^c   Kinney, Karen ^b   Fisher, Kari ^c   Krieger, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PILOT STUDY; UNITED STATES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; DEVICES;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COMMERCE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84886792492     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd10.130121     Document Type: Article

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