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Recognition of the Mediterranean diet: going a step further

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Lluís Serra-Majem*
Affiliation:
Foundation for the Advancement of the Mediterranean Diet, Barcelona Science Parc, C/Baldiri Reixac 4, 08028, Barcelona, Spain Department of Clinical Science, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Anna Bach
Affiliation:
Foundation for the Advancement of the Mediterranean Diet, Barcelona Science Parc, C/Baldiri Reixac 4, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
Blanca Roman
Affiliation:
Foundation for the Advancement of the Mediterranean Diet, Barcelona Science Parc, C/Baldiri Reixac 4, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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*Corresponding author: E-mail lserra@dcc.ulpgc.es
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