Fruits and vegetables: Protective or just fellow travelers?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 255-257

  Nestle, Marion ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0029950292     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03945.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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