What do children think happens to the food they eat?

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 167-171

  Rowlands, Mark ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's ideas; Conceptual development; Food

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644290869     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2004.9655936     Document Type: Article

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