Legal Risks of Social Media: What Dietetics Practitioners Need to Know

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1718-

  Fox, Matthew ^a  

^a NONE

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ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIETETICS; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

ANTITRUST LAWS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIETETICS; HUMANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867923032     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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