Consumption patterns of artificially coloured foods among children in Kuwait

Nutrition & Food Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-159

  Sawaya, Wajih ^a   Husain, Adnan ^a   Dashti, Basma ^a   Al Saqger, Jameela ^a   Al Awadhi, Fawzia ^b   Al Hamad, Nawal ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Diet; Food additives; Food products; Kuwait

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 34547231646     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650710749044     Document Type: Article

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