The attitudes and nutritional knowledge of 11- to 12-year-olds in Merseyside and Northern Ireland

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 200-207

  Frobisher, Clare ^a   Jepson, Margaret ^a   Maxwell, Sheila M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Merseyside; Northern Ireland; Nutritional knowledge; Pre adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049155389     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2005.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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