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A new approach to nutrition education for primary care physicians in the United States

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  1. Director, The Regional Nutrition Center, The New York Academy of Medicine, 2 East 103rd Street, 10029, New York, NY

    Darwin Deen Jr. MD, MS

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  1. Darwin Deen Jr. MD, MS
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  2. Robert Karp MD
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  3. Barbara Lowell RD
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Received from the Regional Nutrition Center, the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York.

Supported by grant #CA32241 from the National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health.

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Deen, D., Karp, R. & Lowell, B. A new approach to nutrition education for primary care physicians in the United States. J Gen Intern Med 9, 407–408 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02629525

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