Mediterranean diet and longevity

The Mediterranean Diet: Constituents and Health Promotion

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 205-223

  Mamalakis, George ^a   Kafatos, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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