Survey of dietary habits of in-school adolescents in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 853-862

  Bashour, H N ^a  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY WEIGHT; CHEESE; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAT; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SYRIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 28644440796     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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