Sociodemographic correlates of food habits among school adolescents (12-15 year) in north Gaza Strip

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Abudayya, Abdallah H ^a   Stigum, Hein ^a   Shi, Zumin ^a   Abed, Yehia ^b   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; VEGETABLE; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE EAST; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 68149162399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-185     Document Type: Article

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