Nutrition attitudes and knowledge in medical students after completion of an integrated nutrition curriculum compared to a dedicated nutrition curriculum: A quasi-experimental study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Walsh, Carolyn O ^a   Ziniel, Sonja I ^a,b   Delichatsios, Helen K ^c   Ludwig, David S ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051584142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-11-58     Document Type: Article

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