Is the college environment adequate for accessing to nutrition education: A study in Taiwan

Nutrition Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1327-1337

  Wong, Yueching ^a   Huang, Yi Chia ^a   Chen, Su Lin ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeru ^b  

^a Chungshan Medical and Dental college ^*  (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; College students; Nutrition knowledge; Nutrition related practices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033199014     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(99)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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