Temperament and food neophobia in children and their mothers

Appetite

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-254

  Pliner, Patricia ^a   Loewen, E Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEOPHOBIA; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0031170926     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/appe.1996.0078     Document Type: Article

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