Date consumption and dietary significance in the United Arab Emirates

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1196-1201

  Ismail, Baraem ^a   Henry, Jeya ^b   Haffar, Imad ^c,e   Baalbaki, Riad ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^e Nakheel   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Consumption frequency; Dates; Diet; Nutritional importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745424747     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2467     Document Type: Article

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