Profile of public health nutrition personnel: Challenges for population/system-focused roles and state-level monitoring

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 664-670

  Haughton, Betsy ^a   Story, Mary ^b   Keir, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIETITIAN; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE;

EID: 0031801839     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(98)00151-5     Document Type: Article

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