The ''European Journal of Clinical Nutrition'' is a monthly

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covering

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and published by the

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. It was established in 1947 by

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as ''Nutrition'' and renamed ''Journal of Human Nutrition'' in 1976. In 1982 its name was changed to ''Human Nutrition'' and the journal was split into two sections: ''Human Nutrition: Applied Nutrition'' and ''Human Nutrition: Clinical Nutrition''. These two sections were combined again in 1988 with the journal obtaining its current name. The

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is Mario J. Soares (

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', '' European Journal of Clinical Nutrition'' has a 2020

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of 4.016.

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External links

*{{Official website, http://www.nature.com/ejcn/index.html Nutrition and dietetics journals Nature Research academic journals Monthly journals English-language journals Publications established in 1947