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Clinical assessment in primary care: professional cooperation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2018

Vivien Reid*
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Medicine/Cardiology, Education and Research Centre, St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Nutritional assessment and surveillance: implications for food policy 2. Are we measuring what we intend to measure?’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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