Eating habits, knowledge about cancer prevention and the HPLP scale in Turkish adolescents

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-574

  Can, Hafize Ozturk ^a   Ceber, Esin ^a   Sogukpinar, Neriman ^a   Saydam, Birsen Karaca ^a   Otles, Semih ^a   Ozenturk, Gulsun ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cancer prevention; Eating habits; HPLP scale; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NEOPLASM; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 66149151449     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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