Nutrition education and knowledge, attitude and hemoglobin status of Malaysian adolescents

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 192-200

  Yusoff, Hafzan ^a   Daud, Wan Nudri Wan ^a   Ahmad, Zulkifli ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitude; Hemoglobin status; Knowledge; Malaysia; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856162637     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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