Nutrition Research
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 396-402 , June 2010

Fruit and vegetable availability enables adolescent consumption that exceeds national average

  • Jennifer Di Noia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 973 720 3714; fax: +1 973 720 3522.
    • ,
  • Isobel R. Contento

      Affiliations

    • Program in Nutrition, Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA

Received 22 February 2010 ,Revised 10 June 2010 ,Accepted 11 June 2010.

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PII: S0271-5317(10)00113-2

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.06.008

Nutrition Research
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 396-402 , June 2010

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