Nutritional Quality Assessment of Elementary School Lunches of South Korea and the United States

Journal of Culinary Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-144

  Jeon, Min Sun ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^b   Kim, Hak Seon ^c  

^a Woosong University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elementary school lunches; nutrient contents; nutritional quality and adequacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861983527     PISSN: 15428052     EISSN: 15428044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428052.2012.677604     Document Type: Article

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