Ascertainment and critical assessment of the views of the general public and healthcare professionals on nutrigenomics in Greece

Personalized Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-210

  Pavlidis, Cristiana ^a   Karamitri, Angeliki ^a   Barakou, Aglaia ^a   Cooper, David N ^b   Poulas, Konstantinos ^a   Topouzis, Stavros ^a   Patrinos, George P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dietitian; education; general public awareness; general public opinion; healthcare professionals; healthcare professionals' opinions; nutrigenomics; nutritional choices; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84858428110     PISSN: 17410541     EISSN: 1744828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/pme.12.3     Document Type: Article

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