What's in store for medical students? Awareness and utilization of expert nutrition guidelines among medical school preceptors

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 753-759

  Wong, Victor ^a   Millen, Barbara E ^a,b   Geller, Alan C ^a,b   Rogers, Adrianne E ^a   Maury, Jean Jacques ^b   Prout, Marianne N ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Medical nutrition sciences; Medical student training; Preventive nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AWARENESS; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 4444358117     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.046     Document Type: Article

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