Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 453-463 , May 2005

Predictors of fruit and vegetable intakes in young adults by gender

  • Sang-Jin Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Medical Research Institute of Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea 156-724
    • ,
  • Sharon L. Hoerr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 517 355 8474x110; fax: +1 517 353 8963.

Received 11 May 2004 ,Revised 20 January 2005 ,Accepted 3 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2005.03.002

Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 453-463 , May 2005

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