Maslow's hierarchy and pupils' suggestions for developing school meals

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 534-543

  Tikkanen, Irma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children (age groups); Finland; Food service; Nutrition; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350266276     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650910992196     Document Type: Article

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