Nutrition knowledge in relation to the eating behaviour and attitudes of Slovenian schoolchildren

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 564-572

  Kostanjevec, Stojan ^a   Jerman, Janez ^a   Koch, Verena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Food consumption; Nutrition; Nutrition knowledge; Schoolchildren; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886786296     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/NFS-10-2012-0108     Document Type: Article

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