Mediterranean diet in the Maghreb: An update

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2007, Pages 139-161

  Zeghichi Hamri, S ^a,c   Kallithraka, S ^b  

^a UFR de Medecine   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c Vieillissement et Maladies Cardiovasculaires (NVMCV)   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDIBLE OIL;

AFRICA; FAT INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEAT; NEOPLASMS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 39049177301     PISSN: 00842230     EISSN: 16623975     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000097914     Document Type: Review

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