Validation of the general nutrition knowledge questionnaire in an Australian community sample

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-77

  Hendrie, Gillian A ^a,b   Cox, David N ^a   Coveney, John ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Nutrition knowledge; Questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149111707     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2007.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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