Utilizing the health belief model to predicting female middle school students' behavioral intention of weight reduction by weight status

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 337-348

  Park, Dong Yean ^a  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Female middle school students; Health Belief Model; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054929104     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2011.5.4.337     Document Type: Article

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