When the cupboards are bare: Nudging food pantry clients to healthier foods

Journal of the Association for Consumer Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 125-133

  Wilson, Norbert ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85016059874     PISSN: 23781815     EISSN: 23781823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684476     Document Type: Article

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