Professional training in nutrition in Central and Eastern Europe: Current status and opportunities for capacity development

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 372-377

  Gurinović, Mirjana ^a   Novaković, Romana ^a   Šatalić, Zvonimir ^b   Nikolić, Marina ^a   Milešević, Jelena ^a   Ranić, Marija ^a   Glibetić, Marija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Academic nutrition education; Capacity development; Central and Eastern Europe

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CAPACITY BUILDING; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84927698255     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014000172     Document Type: Article

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