Mediterranean Diet. Characteristics and health benefits;Dieta Mediterranéa: Características y beneficios para la salud

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 54, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 44-51

  Majem, Lluís Serra ^a   Álvarez, Alicia García ^a   Ngo De La Cruz, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary guidelines; Food guides; Mediterranean Diet; Social and nutritional trends; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 10044288480     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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