Is there a typical Chinese diet and what are the health implications?

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 491-503

  Woo, J ^a   Leung, S S F ^a   Ho, S C ^a   Chan, S M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Diet; Disease; Health

Indexed keywords

DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0033509944     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1999.9991591     Document Type: Article

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