Food choice: How to assess attitudes of pre-adolescent children

British Food Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 148-153

  Owen, Suzanne ^a   Schickler, Pam ^a   Davies, Jill ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986180587     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070709710169094     Document Type: Article

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