Development and validation of a questionnaire to test knowledge and practices of dietitians regarding dietary supplements

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-58

  Steyn, Nelia P ^a   Labadarios, Demetre ^b   Nel, Johanna H ^a   Heidi Lee, Robertson ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Vitamin Information Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Knowledge test; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETITIAN; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIETETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMINS;

EID: 12344327378     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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