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Article Open Access April 18, 2022

Preliminary Survey Analysis on Food Choices among Randomly Selected Social Media Users amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria

Ehoche Edache Elijah 1,* and Usman Garba Kurmi 2
1
Biochemistry Department, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
2
Biochemistry Department, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 1, Issue 1, 2022)
Page(s): 1-12
DOI: 10.31586/ujfs.2022.261
Received
March 09, 2022
Revised
April 08, 2022
Accepted
April 16, 2022
Published
April 18, 2022
Keywords
Food Choices; Properties; Influence; Pandemic
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Elijah, E. E. , & Kurmi, U. G. (2022). Preliminary Survey Analysis on Food Choices among Randomly Selected Social Media Users amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria. Current Research in Public Health, 1(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujfs.2022.261
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Elijah, E. E. ; Kurmi, U. G. Preliminary Survey Analysis on Food Choices among Randomly Selected Social Media Users amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria. Current Research in Public Health 2022 1(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujfs.2022.261
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Elijah, Ehoche Edache, and Usman Garba Kurmi. 2022. "Preliminary Survey Analysis on Food Choices among Randomly Selected Social Media Users amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria". Current Research in Public Health 1, no. 1: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujfs.2022.261
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Elijah EE, Kurmi UG. Preliminary Survey Analysis on Food Choices among Randomly Selected Social Media Users amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria. Current Research in Public Health. 2022; 1(1):1-12. https://doi.org/10.31586/ujfs.2022.261 
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