From Measurement to Analysis Reporting: Grand Challenges in Nutritional Methodology

Frontiers in Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mehta, Tapan ^a   Allison, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

analyses; designs; interpretation; measurements; observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020153260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2014.00006     Document Type: Editorial

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