Food-based dietary guidelines for the arab gulf countries

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^a,b   Takruri, Hamed R ^c   Hassan, Abdelmonem S ^d   Abu Tarboush, Hamza ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b Arab Center for Nutrition   (Bahrain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^d QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84873849962     PISSN: 20900724     EISSN: 20900732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/905303     Document Type: Review

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