Medical doctors' attitudes and beliefs about diet and health are more like those of their lay countrymen (France, Germany, Italy, UK and USA) than those of doctors in other countries

Appetite

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 558-563

  Leeman, Robert F ^a   Fischler, Claude ^b   Rozin, Paul ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Diet; Doctors; Exercise; Food related attitudes; Health related attitudes; Lay concepts; Medicine; Physicians; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952994137     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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