Dietary Adequacy of the Rotary Diversified Diet: As a Treatment for "Environmental Illness"

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 198-201

  Taylor, Jennifer P ^a   Krondl, Magdalena M ^b   Spidel, Mark ^a   Csima, Adele C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CANADA; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036886492     PISSN: 14863847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3148/63.4.2002.198     Document Type: Article

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