Dietary habits of Greek primary school children

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-278

  Piperakis, S M ^a   Papadimitriou, V ^a   Zafiropoulou, M ^a   Piperakis, A S ^b   Zisis, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Diet; Family; Health

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547637203     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-006-9041-3     Document Type: Article

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