Applying the Socio-ecological Model to Improving Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Low-Income African Americans

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of community health

• Publication date

  2008-07-02

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Environmental Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/s10900-008-9109-5PMID 18594953
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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