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The Mediterranean Italian diet: keys to Contemporary Thinking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Flaminio Fidanza
Affiliation:
Istituto di Scienza dell' Alimentazione, Università degli Studi, Perugia, Italy
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Meeting Report
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1991

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