Nutrition and cancer prevention: Knowledge, attitudes and practices among young Malaysians

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 691-694

  Al Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed ^a   Chen, Robert ^b  

^a MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Cancer prevention; Knowledge; Malaysian university students; Nutrition; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958848382     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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