Evaluation of a computer-based nutrition education tool

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-277

  Kreisel, Katrin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Korean Inst for Hlth and Social A   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Computer based; Education; Evaluation; Nutrition knowledge; School based

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 1842525964     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003525     Document Type: Article

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