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KMID : 1011620090250060712
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Korean Journal of Food and Cookey Science
2009 Volume.25 No. 6 p.712 ~ p.724
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Recognition, Knowledge, and Behavior to Decrease Exposure toward Endocrine Disruptors in Dietary Life among Elementary School Students
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김효정:Kim Hyo-Chung
김미라:Kim Mee-Ra
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the degree of concern about endocrine disruptors, the degree of recognition about the risk of endocrine disruptors towards humans, the degree of worry about the risk of endocrine disruptors towards ones self or family, information-obtaining behavior regarding endocrine disruptors, the degree of knowledge and the degree of behavior to decrease exposure to endocrine disruptors, and the degree of an educational need for endocrine disruptors in the dietary life of elementary school students. The data were collected from 162 students in Seoul, Incheon, Daejeon, Daegu, Busan and Gwangju. Frequencies, Cronbach's alpha, t tests, analysis of variance, Duncan's multiple range tests and chi-square tests were conducted using SPSS V.14.0 for WINDOWS. The results of this study were as follows. The degree of concern about endocrine disruptors was not high. The respondents obtained most of their information regarding endocrine disruptors from TV/radio. Respondents had difficulty in acquiring and understanding the information. Both the degree of knowledge and the degree of behavior to decrease exposure were not high. The respondents showed a high degree of educational need for endocrine disruptors, the most important was methods to prevent damage from endocrine disruptors followed by risk of endocrine disruptors.
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KEYWORD
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endocrine disruptors, recognition, knowledge, behavior to decrease exposure, elementary school students
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