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Mediterranean diet and waist circumference in a representative national sample of young Spaniards

Helmut Schröder Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group (CARIN-ULEC), Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Biomedical Research Park (Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona – PRBB), Spain; CIBER, Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, (CIBEROBN), SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michelle A. Mendez Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL)/ IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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Lourdes Ribas-Barba Community Nutrition Research Center, Science Park of the University of Barcelona, Spain
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Maria-Isabel Covas Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group (CARIN-ULEC), Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Biomedical Research Park (Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona – PRBB), Spain; CIBER, Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición, (CIBEROBN), Spain
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Lluis Serra-Majem Community Nutrition Research Center, Science Park of the University of Barcelona, Spain; Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Pages 516-519 | Received 15 May 2009, Published online: 23 Sep 2010

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