Health professionals' views of the effectiveness of nutrition care in general practice setting

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-41

  Ball, Lauren ^a   Hughes, Roger ^a   Leveritt, Michael ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; General practice; General practitioner; Nutritional management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875032824     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2012.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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