Multiple sclerosis and cancers in Croatia - A possible protective role of the »Mediterranean diet«

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 539-545

  Materljan, Eris ^a,e   Materljan, Mauro ^b   Materljan, Branka ^c   Vlačić, Helena ^d   Barićev Novaković, Zdenka ^a   Sepčić, Juraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c General Practice   (Croatia)

^d Labin Health Center   (Croatia)

^e NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Croatia; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mediterranean diet; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROATIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

CROATIA; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70149116417     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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