Capacity development in food composition database management and nutritional research and education in Central and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and North African countries

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue , 2010, Pages S134-S138

  Gurinovic M ^a   Witthoft C M ^b   Tepsic J ^a   Ranic M ^a   Hulshof, P J M ^c   Hollman, P C ^c   Porubska, J ^d   Gohar, A ^e   Debeljak Martacic J ^a   Petrovic Oggiano G ^a   Novakovic R ^a   Glibetic M ^a   Oshaug, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VUP Food Research Institute   (Slovenia)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^f OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capacity development; EuroFIR; Food composition database

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FUNDING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; NUTRITION EDUCATION; REFERENCE DATABASE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAFF TRAINING;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FOOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; TEACHING;

EID: 78149250991     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.224     Document Type: Article

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