The cyprus experience

The Mediterranean Diet: Constituents and Health Promotion

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 341-362

  Tornaritis, Michael ^a   Savva, Savvas C ^b   Shamounki, Maria ^b   Kourides, Yiannis A ^b   Hadjigeorgiou, Charalambos ^b  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Education   (Cyprus)

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