Health care provider's knowledge, perceptions, and use of probiotics and prebiotics

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-149

  Oliver, Laura ^a   Rasmussen, Heather ^b   Gregoire, Mary B ^b   Chen, Yimin ^b  

^a HELP/Project Samaritan AIDS Services   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health care providers; prebiotics; probiotics

Indexed keywords

PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84899852396     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: 15505146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TIN.0000445898.98017.eb     Document Type: Article

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