Healthy bread initiative: Methods, findings, and theories-isfahan healthy heart program

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-57

  Talaei, Mohammad ^a,b   Mohammadifard, Noushin ^a   Khaje, Mohammad Reza ^c   Sarrafzadegan, Nizal ^a   Sajjadi, Firoozeh ^a   Alikhasi, Hasan ^a   Maghroun, Maryam ^a   Iraji, Farhad ^c   Ehteshami, Shahram ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bread; Community trial; Health promotion; Iran; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAD; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

BREAD; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE;

EID: 84875762273     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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