Nutrition in primary care: Current practices, attitudes, and barriers

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Wynn, Kathryn ^b   Trudeau, Jacqueline D ^b   Taunton, Kristen ^b   Gowans, Margot ^a   Scott, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUTRITION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITION SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 77949859373     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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