Nutrition knowledge and food choice among black students in South Africa

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 4-8

  Peltzer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0038825869     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v48i1.8416     Document Type: Article

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