The use of the theory of planned behavior to assess predictors of intention to eat fruits among 9th-grade students attending two public high schools in eastern North Carolina

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-26

  Pawlak, Roman ^a   Malinauskas, Brenda ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Fruits; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749138541     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X08322778     Document Type: Article

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