Focus Group Studies on Food Safety Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices of School-going Adolescent Girls in South India

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 340-346

  Gavaravarapu, Subba Rao M ^a   Vemula, Sudershan R ^a   Rao, Pratima ^b   Mendu, Vishnu Vardhana Rao ^a   Polasa, Kalpagam ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^b International Life Sciences Institute of Europe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

adolescent girls; focus group discussions; food safety; knowledge; perceptions and practices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69149101649     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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