What Do Resident Physicians Know about Nutrition? An Evaluation of Attitudes, Self-Perceived Proficiency and Knowledge

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-298

  Vetter, Marion L ^a,b   Herring, Sharon J ^a,c   Sood, Minisha ^a   Shah, Nirav R ^a   Kalet, Adina L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 49649097318     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2008.10719702     Document Type: Article

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