Patterns of fruits and vegetable consumption among adults of different ethnics in Selangor, Malaysia

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1095-1107

  Nurul Izzah, A ^a   Aminah, A ^b   Md Pauzi, A ^b   Lee, Y H ^b   Wan Rozita, W M ^a   Fatimah, Siti ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Consumption pattern; Ethnic; Fruits; Malaysian; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881501241     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: 22317546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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