The Mediterranean diet in Italy: An update

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2007, Pages 85-113

  Rubba, P ^a   Mancini, F ^a,b   Gentile, M ^a   Mancini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; HUMANS; ITALY; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY;

EID: 39049175972     PISSN: 00842230     EISSN: 16623975     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000097912     Document Type: Review

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