Food intake of immigrants and non-immigrants in Ontario: Food group comparison with the recommendations of the 1992 Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating

Journal of the Canadian Dietetic Association-Revue de l'Association Canadie

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 68-76

  Pomerleau, Joceline ^a   Østbye, Truls ^b   Bright See, Elizabeth ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

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