History of Modern Nutrition Science-implications for Current Research, Dietary Guidelines, and Food Policy

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2018 Jun 15

PMID 29899124

Citations 132

Authors

Dariush Mozaffarian

Irwin Rosenberg

Ricardo Uauy

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