Adherence to a Mediterranean diet in Morocco and its correlates: Cross-sectional analysis of a sample of the adult Moroccan population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  El Rhazi, Karima ^a   Nejjari, Chakib ^a   Romaguera, Dora ^b   Feart, Catherine ^c,d   Obtel, Majdouline ^a   Zidouh, Ahmed ^e   Bekkali, Rachid ^e   Gateau, Pascale Barberger ^c,d  

^a Dental Medicine and Pharmacy of Fez   (Morocco)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e Association Lalla Salma de Lutte Contre le Cancer   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84860794821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-345     Document Type: Article

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