Can an educational program on the nutritional benefits of citrus fruit positively influence the nutritional attitudes of children?

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 468-471

  Koch, Shari ^c   Lineberger, Sarah ^a   Zajicek, J M ^b  

^a Texas Cooperative Extension   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Elementary schools; Nutrition; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS X PARADISI;

EID: 21244460742     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.3.0468     Document Type: Article

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