Building groups and independence: the role of food in the lives of young people in Danish sports centres

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Building groups and independence : the role of food in the lives of young people in Danish sports centres. / Sylow, Mine; Holm, Lotte.

In: Childhood, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2009, p. 213-228.

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Harvard

Sylow, M & Holm, L 2009, 'Building groups and independence: the role of food in the lives of young people in Danish sports centres', Childhood, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 213-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568209104402

APA

Sylow, M., & Holm, L. (2009). Building groups and independence: the role of food in the lives of young people in Danish sports centres. Childhood, 16(2), 213-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568209104402

Vancouver

Sylow M, Holm L. Building groups and independence: the role of food in the lives of young people in Danish sports centres. Childhood. 2009;16(2):213-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568209104402

Author

Sylow, Mine ; Holm, Lotte. / Building groups and independence : the role of food in the lives of young people in Danish sports centres. In: Childhood. 2009 ; Vol. 16, No. 2. pp. 213-228.

Bibtex

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