Definitions and potential health benefits of the Mediterranean diet: views from experts around the world.

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Published in BMC Med on July 24, 2014

Authors

Antonia Trichopoulou1, Miguel A Martínez-González, Tammy Yn Tong, Nita G Forouhi, Shweta Khandelwal, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Dariush Mozaffarian, Michel de Lorgeril

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece; Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece. atrichopoulou@hhf-greece.gr.

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