Nutrition knowledge, attitude and practice among primary care physicians in Taiwan

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 439-442

  Hu, Shene Pin ^a   Wu, Mei Yiao ^a   Liu, Jen Fang ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Nutrition knowledge; Practice; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030881547     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1997.10718711     Document Type: Article

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