Adolescence: Does good nutrition = good behaviour?

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-65

  Gesch, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Nutrition; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905969518     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: 2047945X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0260106013519552     Document Type: Article

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