Health Care Provider Capacity in Nutrition and Genetics - A Canadian Case Study

Nutrition and Genomics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 139-159

  Farrell, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 77954243131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374125-7.00008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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