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Overlooked issues of religious identity in the school dinners debate.

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Overlooked issues of religious identity in the school dinners debate. / Twiner, Alison; Cook, Guy; Gillen, Julia.
In: Cambridge Journal of Education, Vol. 39, No. 4, 2009, p. 473-488.

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Twiner, A, Cook, G & Gillen, J 2009, 'Overlooked issues of religious identity in the school dinners debate.', Cambridge Journal of Education, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 473-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057640903352457

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Twiner, A., Cook, G., & Gillen, J. (2009). Overlooked issues of religious identity in the school dinners debate. Cambridge Journal of Education, 39(4), 473-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057640903352457

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Twiner A, Cook G, Gillen J. Overlooked issues of religious identity in the school dinners debate. Cambridge Journal of Education. 2009;39(4):473-488. doi: 10.1080/03057640903352457

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Twiner, Alison ; Cook, Guy ; Gillen, Julia. / Overlooked issues of religious identity in the school dinners debate. In: Cambridge Journal of Education. 2009 ; Vol. 39, No. 4. pp. 473-488.

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