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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Assessment of Dietary Intake among Inuvialuit in Arctic Canada Using a Locally Developed Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire

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Pages 147-154 | Received 12 Feb 2013, Accepted 29 Jul 2013, Published online: 14 Apr 2014

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