Canadian health care professionals' knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of nutritional genomics

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1112-1119

  Weir, Mark ^a   Morin, Karine ^a   Ries, Nola ^b   Castle, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Direct to consumer genetic tests; Health care professionals; Nutrigenetics; Nutritional genomics

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETITIAN ATTITUDE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NUTRIGENOMICS; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUTRITION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 78049525272     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510002035     Document Type: Article

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