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The Seven Countries Study in Crete: olive oil, Mediterranean diet or fasting?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Katerina Sarri  and
Anthony Kafatos
Katerina Sarri*
Affiliation:
Preventive Medicine and Nutrition ClinicDepartment of Social MedicineFaculty of Medicine, University of Crete, PO Box 2208 Iraklion 71003, Crete, Greece
Anthony Kafatos
Affiliation:
Preventive Medicine and Nutrition ClinicDepartment of Social MedicineFaculty of Medicine, University of Crete, PO Box 2208 Iraklion 71003, Crete, Greece
*
Email: katsarri@med.uoc.gr
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Letter to the Editor
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 8 , Issue 6 , September 2005 , pp. 666
Copyright
Copyright © The Authors 2005

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