The role of the Cochrane Collaboration in support of the WHO nutrition guidelines

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-39

  Tovey, David ^a  

^a The Cochrane Library Cochrane Editorial Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84904693327     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.113.004895     Document Type: Article

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