The effects of dietary habits on Iranian students-school performance, a pilot cross-sectional study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tayebi, Sirous ^a   Pourabbasi, Ata ^a   Shirvani, Mahbubeh Ebrahimnegad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Health; School performance; Students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FOOD; FOOD MEAL; FRUIT; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JUNK FOOD; MALE; NATIONALISED NUTRITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84891693361     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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