Comparison of nutrition knowledge among health professionals, patients with eating disorders and the general population

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-272

  Ho, Albert See Long ^a   Soh, Nerissa L ^b   Walter, Garry ^a,b,d   Touyz, Stephen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Australia   (Australia)

^c Baulkham Hills Private Hospital   (Australia)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Eating disorder; Health professional; Nutrition knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255164307     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2011.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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