Nutrition in medical education: History, current status, and resources

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-157

  Daghigh, Farzaneh ^a   Vettori, David J ^a   Harris, Jeffrey ^b  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical nutrition; nutrition medical education; osteopathic medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 79955596995     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: 15505146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TIN.0b013e318219318d     Document Type: Article

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