Teenage vegetarianism: Prevalence, social and cognitive contexts

Appetite

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-170

  Worsley, Anthony ^b   Skrzypiec, Grace ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHICKEN; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VEGETARIAN DIET;

EID: 0031920116     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/appe.1997.0118     Document Type: Article

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