Malnutrition treatment to become a core competency

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 468-469

  Schofield, Claire ^a   Ashworth, Ann ^a   Annan, Reginald ^b   Jackson, Alan A ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ADVOCACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STAFF TRAINING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84860340944     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.209015     Document Type: Article

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