Nutrition education in medical school: A time of opportunity

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Kushner, Robert F ^a   Van Horn, Linda ^a   Rock, Cheryl L ^b   Edwards, Marilyn S ^c   Bales, Connie W ^d   Kohlmeier, Martin ^e   Akabas, Sharon R ^f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84899026701     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.073510     Document Type: Article

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