Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 40, Issue 6 , Pages 355-360 , November 2008

Gender, Marital Status, and Commercially Prepared Food Expenditure

  • Emily Kroshus, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Emily Kroshus, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115; Phone: (610) 772-6061

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 This study was conducted while the author was at Johns Hopkins University.

PII: S1499-4046(08)00703-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.05.012

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 40, Issue 6 , Pages 355-360 , November 2008

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