Food consumption patterns of female undergraduate students in the United Arab Emirates;Types de nourriture consommee chez les etudiants du college aux Emirats Arabes Unis

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-46

  Cooper, R G ^a   Al Alami, U ^b  

^a Zayed University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Food; Nutrition; Students; UAE; Undergraduate; University

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAD; CEREAL; DAIRY PRODUCT; EATING HABIT; EGG; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEAT; RICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VEGETABLE; MARRIED PERSON; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

EID: 80053301921     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v30i1.69915     Document Type: Article

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