Let not thy food be confused with thy medicine: The Hippocratic misquotation

e-SPEN Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cardenas, Diana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

^b Centre universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

Author keywords

Dietetics; Ethics; Food; History of medicine; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET; DIETETICS; FOOD; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICINE;

EID: 84888051686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22128263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnme.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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