Closing the gap by increasing access to clinical dietetic services for urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 216-222

  Foley, Wendy ^a,b   Houston, Annalie ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Clinical nutrition and dietetics; Cultural safety; Evaluation; Health services; Social research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919442390     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.12090     Document Type: Article

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