Knowledge, Attitudes, and Label Use among College Students

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2130-2134

  Misra, Ranjita ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 36448936759     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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