The mediterranean diet: A group of healthy foods, a type of diet, or an advertising panacea?;Concepto de dieta mediterránea: ¿un grupo de alimentos saludables, una dieta o una panacea publicitaria?

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 136, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 594-599

  Alemany, Marià ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; HEALTH FOOD; MEDITERRANEAN DIET;

DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MARKETING;

EID: 79955522231     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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