The mediterranean food guide: Greek column rather than an egyptian pyramid

Nutrition Today

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 54-61

  Simopoulos, Artemis P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0000200323     PISSN: 0029666X     EISSN: 15389839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00017285-199503000-00007     Document Type: Article

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