Development of a nutrition knowledge scale for elementary school students: Toward a national surveillance system

Journal of Health Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 156-164

  Resnicow, Ken ^a   Hearn, Marsha ^a   Delano, Richard K ^b   Conklin, Thomas ^b   Orlandi, Mario A ^c   Wynder, E L ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Intervention Curriculum   (United States)

^c AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 33645390074     PISSN: 10556699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10556699.1997.10603261     Document Type: Article

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