The current capacity for training in public health nutrition in West Africa

Global Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Pepping, Fré ^a  

^a Wageningen Agricultural University   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nutrition institutional capacity; Nutrition research; Nutrition training; Public health nutrition; West africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRITION SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 78649620185     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2010.526127     Document Type: Article

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