The Relation Between Breakfast Skipping and School Performance in Adolescents

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-88

  Boschloo, Annemarie ^a   Ouwehand, Carolijn ^a   Dekker, Sanne ^a   Lee, Nikki ^a   de Groot, Renate ^a,b,c   Krabbendam, Lydia ^a   Jolles, Jelle ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84861476847     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2012.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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